[[A dandy addresses ladies in an art gallery, his gloved finger raised. He says:]]
My new instillation is a commentary on our experienced life.
I have erected cultural artifacts -- billboards, bus ads, street signs, and so on -- all over town.
[[As before, slightly zoomed in to focus on the speaker.]]
To ADD to the illusion, I have placed them exactly where you would EXPECT to find these types of things.
When you see them, you think "Is that REAL? It looks so REAL!"
The differences between the LEGITIMATE object and my HYPER-DETAILED SATIRE of that particular object is SO SLIM as to be COMPLETELY IMPERCEPTIBLE.
[[Again, a slight zoom.]]
Every seemingly innocuous object now demands your closer scrutiny.
[A lady speaks]]
So
Your installation is every single thing in the world, completely unmodified in any way.
[[A close up of the dandy and the lady, the dandy speaks first]]
It is my largest piece to date.
[[the lady]]
You forgot the assignment was due today, didn't you?
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{{alt-text: of course the word 'legitimate' in panel 2 is pronounced with a massive sneer}}
of course the word 'legitimate' in panel 2 is pronounced with a massive sneer
The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.
It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.
I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!
Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]
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