IDIOT BOX (photographing children watching TV) by Donna Stevens | TV is just one of the black mirrors through which we mediate our lives. The trance & control is evident in all of their faces.

61  2015-06-27 by [deleted]

IDIOT BOX | Donna Stevens

TV is just one of the many ever present black mirrors through which we mediate our lives today. Idiot Box hopes to explore the darker side of our love for technology.

The series (shot while children watched TV) was an exploration into the co-dependent yet contradictory relationship we all share with technology and the media. Should we exhibit more caution about the role of technology in our children's lives? Is our techno-paranoia warranted? No matter what gadgetry we may possess, do our problems remain human?

Donna Stevens

Australian born, Donna Stevens creates images for the commercial and fine art world. Fascinated with the imperfections of humanity, her work explores identity and the struggles of people and their place in the world. Mostly in revolt against her years as a commercial artist, where she created images that offered up a false promise of perfection; her work now endeavours to explore the realities of life. She currently works in Brooklyn, New York.

8 comments

6  throwawaymikehawk 2015-06-27

Were in a lot of trouble! From the movie Network in 1976. Prophetic.

6  Amos_Quito 2015-06-27

Frank Zappa - 1973 - three years previous.

Inspirational?

4  snowdog2012 2015-06-27

Only 3 networks made Apollo hoax extremely easy for the fakers. http://imgur.com/LbDicJQ

0  ct_warlock 2015-06-27

Why would that make a difference? All the material came from a single source. They would only have the same footage to show.

1  snowdog2012 2015-06-27

ABC, NBC & CBS were under Operation Mockingbird.

0  ct_warlock 2015-06-27

The trance & control is evident in all of their faces.

But if we were to film you watching them, would we again see the "trance and control"? I think we would.

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11  Loud_Volume 2015-06-27

I think you're kind of missing the point. Technology is good, but with something like this it can easily be abused. When you have multi-billion dollar corporations in control of what you see and hear on TV, don't you think it has a chance of being used for nefarious purposes?

7  ronintetsuro 2015-06-27

This problem isn't a problem because maybe some people in the long ago also complained about these problems! Best not to think about it! And if you do, then you will be lumped in with those that our gamed society has deemed to be crazy!

You aid and abet the enemy. Your contribution is noted.