And now, 80 Teddy Ruxpin dolls strapped to a wall, screaming the subconscious of the internet
Like some sort of hellish oracle that evokes Minority Report by way of Hasbro, the art installation T,E.D. (Transformations, Emotional Deconstruction) corrals the inchoate hive mind of the internet and uses eighty yammering ursine dolls as a mouthpiece. This piece by Sean Hathaway and Carlos Severe...
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