The same different world of toys

Year

2010

Medium

Mix Media

Measurement

22''X10''10''

Statement

Do children today play with the same kind of toys we used to play with? Definitively not.

 Technology has changed the way children think and feel. Their silent sidekicks along their invisible friends seem to come alive with a chunk of red plastic that comes with a first and last name: “On-Off”.

Place kids between a car and a TV remote, or a doll and a cellular phone and you’ll see which option they will prefer.

There’s still something left unchanged about the evolution in toys and that is the “Affective Toy.” If children were to choose a “toy person”, the true game companion, loyal and unconditional; it’s their own color.

Features of this plastic friend, his hand, his face, closely resemble those of his owner: his continuation.

Since childhood racism swings through homes, and when Santa’s sled visits a little white girl, he gifts a little white doll, equally, when he visits a little black girl, he gifts a little black doll.

Why haven’t we been able to overcome this while technology is desperately driving us to solitude? What is the fantasy that we seek to secure since our childhood?

While technology is desperately driving us to solitude? What is the fantasy that we seek to secure since our childhood?