War of the Worlds a ceramic installation by Simon Fell

War of the Worlds, earthenware, bamboo, chain, light bulbs & wiring h80cm.

This group of eight part-glazed terra-cotta televisions represents a departure into mixed media and work on a larger scale. The ceramic units are on bamboo legs. Each one has an electric light bulb inside it.

A ceramic installation work that looks at redundancy, consumerism and technology through the lens of a melodramatic science fiction scenario. This piece evolved from a previous work featuring a tv set.

War of the Worlds, a ceramic installation by Simon Fell contemporary ceramics: A group of eight TV sets on tall thin stick legs with wires dangling stand in a line as if watching or guarding the way. Each set has attachments of unknown purpose that extend out of the basic TV shape. Each TV contains a bare frosted illuminated light bulb.War of the Worlds, front view, earthenware, bamboo, chain, light bulbs & wiring h80cm.