Retrofitted (Kayla Traxel )
Kayla Traxel
Retrofitted
34"X31"
Mixed Media
E-waste collage
$5000
Artistic considerations: "Retrofitted” explores the relationship between past visions of the future and our present reality. Created from discarded electronic components of the 2000s, this portrait bridges multiple perspectives: the optimistic futurism of past decades, our mounting electronic waste crisis, and our cultural romanticization with retro-futuristic aesthetics. The portrait's styling evokes the sleek, hopeful futurism of the 1960s and 70s – an era that dreamed of flying cars and space-age utopias. Yet its construction from obsolete circuit boards and computer parts anchors it in our present reality of rapid technological turnover and environmental consequence. As we navigate between yesterday's dreams of tomorrow and today's practical realities, the work prompts us to question: Has our technological progress fulfilled its promises? Or are we still chasing a future that continues to elude us?
Kayla Traxel
Retrofitted
34"X31"
Mixed Media
E-waste collage
$5000
Artistic considerations: "Retrofitted” explores the relationship between past visions of the future and our present reality. Created from discarded electronic components of the 2000s, this portrait bridges multiple perspectives: the optimistic futurism of past decades, our mounting electronic waste crisis, and our cultural romanticization with retro-futuristic aesthetics. The portrait's styling evokes the sleek, hopeful futurism of the 1960s and 70s – an era that dreamed of flying cars and space-age utopias. Yet its construction from obsolete circuit boards and computer parts anchors it in our present reality of rapid technological turnover and environmental consequence. As we navigate between yesterday's dreams of tomorrow and today's practical realities, the work prompts us to question: Has our technological progress fulfilled its promises? Or are we still chasing a future that continues to elude us?
Kayla Traxel
Retrofitted
34"X31"
Mixed Media
E-waste collage
$5000
Artistic considerations: "Retrofitted” explores the relationship between past visions of the future and our present reality. Created from discarded electronic components of the 2000s, this portrait bridges multiple perspectives: the optimistic futurism of past decades, our mounting electronic waste crisis, and our cultural romanticization with retro-futuristic aesthetics. The portrait's styling evokes the sleek, hopeful futurism of the 1960s and 70s – an era that dreamed of flying cars and space-age utopias. Yet its construction from obsolete circuit boards and computer parts anchors it in our present reality of rapid technological turnover and environmental consequence. As we navigate between yesterday's dreams of tomorrow and today's practical realities, the work prompts us to question: Has our technological progress fulfilled its promises? Or are we still chasing a future that continues to elude us?