Studium/Punctum Statement

A brand-new shiny music machine is housed within a poor, worn home with less than necessary furnishings. At first the new machine seems out of place in this rustic setting. Its impressive nature is compared towards the tiny baby besides it. Tucked with the simple furnishings, the baby seems to struggle with his or her blanket and surroundings. There is nobody or nothing there to help the defensiveness child reach the blanket, except this grand machine, with its curved metal sides and large record selection. Then I posed this question: The only company this struggling baby has is this machine, how can this machine help? How can this huge, grandiose music machine help the baby? I placed this question in a global setting, how can fake and decorative possessions help the defensiveness in a time of need? I saw the machine as any industrial developed country, such as the United States, that only seems to care about its needs and wants. It observes the baby in conflict, yet does not do anything to help it. The machine can create noise and awareness about the baby, but does not take the necessary step to improve the baby’s condition. I emphasized the machine presence within the broken-down room, to give it value and wealth with warm wood colors. While at the same time, I tried to show its fakeness and superficiality in the fake gold in the decorative rods.