Stone phone

Stone phone with samples

A vintage telephone (ca. 1941) nested in a box of stones, primitive objects, memorabilia, CD/ROM printing plate, etc. the artist conceived to express "action-at-a-distance." The arrow points, for example, are the hunter's way to have an effect far from his each. In a way similar to paintings on the walls of prehistoric caves alongside handprints these are expressions, or explications, of actions at a distance almost unique to human beings. However, other creatures exhibit similar skills. Crows and monkeys use tools. Bowerbirds do marketing by adorning their bowers. The artist in this instance demonstrated his ability to transcend time and space with his telecom works in the early 1970s with "Dial-A-Teacher" and "Dial-An-Artist" projects, and, in its last interation, his installation in the restaurant of his friends, Kathy Fridstein and Mark Manley.