"Robbie Cooper hides video and still-photo cameras in TV and computer screens to watch the watchers. There's the flush and blush of the porno-viewer, the zombie stare of the horror fan, the enchanted wow of children's TV toddlers, the incredulous recoil of the unwilling witnesses of disastrous news. On the one hand, this is alarming, as Cooper demonstrates how our perceptions are mediated by technology, so removed from first-hand sensory contact. On the other hand, as I view these entranced and often eerily beautiful faces, why am I reminded of the Mona Lisa? These are portraits as if from the other side, beckoning us into their virtual world."
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/mar/13/exhibitions-previews-the-gauide)
I thought these were interesting to look at in regards to this assignment as they are a unique way of presenting this idea of humans as cyborgs.
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