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THE UNCLE PHONE, 2004
Plastic, metal, and electrical
4 x 6 x 78 inches
Private collection
Photo: Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi |
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Aparna Rao
Born 1978, Bangalore, India
Soren Pors
Born 1974, Esbjerg, Denmark
Live and work in Bangalore |
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| The Uncle Phone is a fully functional modified telephone. Artistic duo Soren Pors and Aparna Rao commented on a personal anecdote that inspired its creation. Rao’s uncle frequently asked other family members to dial the phone for him. Pors and Rao reimagined the telephone as an object that requires two people to operate—one cannot dial and hold the receiver at the same time. On one level a private joke, The Uncle Phone also calls to mind the compromise, hilarity, and frustration inherent in familial relationships and the connection between product design and human behavior. |
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