Big Bikini #145
Materials: Vintage TV, Mixed Media, Sawdust
Framed Dimensions: 60" x 47" x 5"
2005
This mixed media piece features the facade of a vintage 1940s TV cabinet. A 50s spokesmodel mounted on plexiglass tunes in to watch the detonation of a hydrogen bomb on Bikini Atoll.
In the wake of World War II, in a move closely related to the beginnings of the Cold War, the United States of America decided to resume nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean, on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall archipelago. After the displacement of the local inhabitants, 67 nuclear tests were carried out from 1946 to 1958, including the explosion of the first H-bomb (1952). Equivalent to 7,000 times the force of the Hiroshima bomb, the tests had major consequences on the geology and natural environment of Bikini Atoll and on the health of those who were exposed to radiation.
Materials: Vintage TV, Mixed Media, Sawdust
Framed Dimensions: 60" x 47" x 5"
2005
This mixed media piece features the facade of a vintage 1940s TV cabinet. A 50s spokesmodel mounted on plexiglass tunes in to watch the detonation of a hydrogen bomb on Bikini Atoll.
In the wake of World War II, in a move closely related to the beginnings of the Cold War, the United States of America decided to resume nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean, on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall archipelago. After the displacement of the local inhabitants, 67 nuclear tests were carried out from 1946 to 1958, including the explosion of the first H-bomb (1952). Equivalent to 7,000 times the force of the Hiroshima bomb, the tests had major consequences on the geology and natural environment of Bikini Atoll and on the health of those who were exposed to radiation.