1 Dimensional Society

1 Dimensional Society by Andrea Fam and myself is an homage to the social theory of Herbert Marcuse's 'One Dimensional Man'.

Marcuse theorised that the 'one dimensional society' was one that subscribed to a totalitarian democracy
— a system where the state is said to maximise its control over the lives of its citizens using the dual rationale of general will and majority rule. The beanbags abstractly symbolise and facilitate satirical social criticism towards ways of operating while all movements are blatantly recorded on a surveillance camera and made known to the audience. 1 Dimensional Society is a critical commentary on the role of choice in society.

Documentation of the actual exhibition as well as stills from the surveillance footage are featured here.