When Michigan School of Art & Design student Victor Uhal first contacted me in late October about collaborating in his design project, I hand no idea what to expect. All I knew was that he had to create a project that would be collapsible in order to fit in a medium sized box, and that he needed someone he did not personally know to open the box, put it together, and critique it. In my mind I suppose I was picturing a box filled with colored post-it notes and a map. What I ended up with was simply awesome. These four pixel-art Mario figures are made up of joined wooden slats, which were rolled up inside the box in four separate bundles. Each one is probably a good 2.5 to 3 feet tall. Included in the box was a note with instructions as well as an explanation of the work.
This is meant to be a referential piece which brings the Pop Art movement and Andy Warhol in particular to mind. It is a representation of the medium of video games as a form of artistic expression rather than a simple means of entertainment.
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