Materializing New Space

     The Materializing New Space exhibit was quite the thought provoker. I felt the main entrance piece # 17 was the most profound and interesting. It was a large framed image made through many processes such as photography sculpture and digital. It is very large and demands attention being on a center wall as the first work you see straight on walking into the gallery.
     There were mice around bird eggs on the right and birds reacting to the theft on the left. Near the center there is some sort of bird/machine contraption that looks to be confronting the mice. Under the mice and the nest there is a couple baby mice that looked almost trapped or scared. There is the great feeling of conflict and tension between all parties withing the image.
     I believe the conflict is a sort of rich vs poor kind of debate. The poor (mice) steal in order to feed their children (baby mice) while the rich (birds) keep the poor down trough use of technology and machines. In order to be successful you must have access to technology in this day and age. There is a disparity or gap that keeps everyone in their place without much chance to progress. The conflict also implies loss through the next generation if the wars continue. There is a lot of stress being pushed along in the work.