Reliquary for Capitalism
Mixed Media Assemblage
Price: A Tithe
Clad in a shimmering mirage, our capitalistic system is broken at the core. Hidden below the golden trappings is a foundation of human suffering and death. We are convinced that we can have everything we ever wanted. Daily we attempt to make ourselves complete by taking the disposable offerings we are told will fill our needs; attempting to plug the hole in our soul with cheap plastic knickknacks. However, human life is the true cost of our decadent wastefulness. Our system of production and consumption runs on lethal inequality. We must destroy our society in order to make something better, but the only way this will happen is if we take a long look inside and change ourselves first.
Materials:
Salvaged plywood
Salvaged MDF
Salvaged Dimensional lumber
Salvaged frame stock
Salvaged styrene foam
Mirrored plexiglass
Security mirrored plexiglass
LED strip lighting
Salvage 3D printer filament
Salvaged plastic shopping bags
Plastic trash bags
Salvaged green children's craft felt
Salvaged fabric sample
Salvaged plaster
Salvage pressure switch from children's toy
Salvaged Ikea dish mat
Salvaged drawer pulls
Salvaged quarter inch hardware cloth
Salvaged yard sign
Salvaged model ship lath
Salvaged cork veneer
Salvaged strips from copper engraving plates
Salvaged coffee stir sticks
Salvaged breast pump power supply
Second-hand model rocket
Second-hand candle holder
Wood glue
Hot glue
Cyanoacrylate glue
Salvaged house paint
Tempera paint
Acrylic paint
Spray paint
Dirt
Gold leaf
Gold leaf adhesive
Drywall compound
Salvaged string
Salvaged wire