> Another meaning of my bunny installation has to do with what we call "rabbit hutches" in Japan, which refers to our cramped housing situation in the big cities.
We have a great solution in America. You can pay the price of a house for a lifted pickup meant to look like a kid's toy, drive it an hour to your job, lobby the government to make someone else pay for your parking, pay too much for your house so that someone else can get rich, and then whine that the cities nobody can afford to live in are expensive
There is also tons of pollution involved which is cool bunny emoji
Even HN evokes that same feeling. Discomfort. There is no difference in what makes hello kitty popular and what content lands up on the front page of HN.
What makes this piece so powerful is how it paints the rabbit as both victim and oppressor - a response to social pressure that is itself a source of social pressure.
What comparison are you trying to make? What's the equivalent "culture of cuteness" in HN?
> Another meaning of my bunny installation has to do with what we call "rabbit hutches" in Japan, which refers to our cramped housing situation in the big cities.
We have a great solution in America. You can pay the price of a house for a lifted pickup meant to look like a kid's toy, drive it an hour to your job, lobby the government to make someone else pay for your parking, pay too much for your house so that someone else can get rich, and then whine that the cities nobody can afford to live in are expensive
There is also tons of pollution involved which is cool bunny emoji
Even HN evokes that same feeling. Discomfort. There is no difference in what makes hello kitty popular and what content lands up on the front page of HN.
What makes this piece so powerful is how it paints the rabbit as both victim and oppressor - a response to social pressure that is itself a source of social pressure.
What comparison are you trying to make? What's the equivalent "culture of cuteness" in HN?
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How does HN invoke discomfort?