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![Arlo Mountford, Star Wars, 2018](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b08b4cef2e6b1aad427bebb/1601102302940-5ATL0DXBR6LCFC54TRZR/StarWars_300dpi_small.jpg)
![Arlo Mountford, Cars 2, 2017](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b08b4cef2e6b1aad427bebb/1601102303452-OLK3YKVHG9CUN4MWA1F2/Cars_2_300dpi_small.jpg)
![Arlo Mountford, Unboxing Drawings, 2017 - Ongoing](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b08b4cef2e6b1aad427bebb/1601102356866-LIGELNZXBSKMC043V0Z7/180515_MOUNTFORD_008.jpg)
![Arlo Mountford, iPhone 7, 2018](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b08b4cef2e6b1aad427bebb/1601102308196-8IXRTHL1LB211903CTP9/iPhone7_300dpi_small.jpg)
Inspired by the correlation between the trend of unboxing videos on YouTube and Walter Benjamin’s “phantasmagoria of the new”. These drawings each a still taken from found video, ‘pause’ the process of unwrapping, creating an almost libidinal stasis.
Arlo Mountford, Star Wars, 2018
Digital print, 35.5 x 57.5cm
Arlo Mountford, Cars 2, 2017
Digital print, 25.5 x 57.5cm
Arlo Mountford, Unboxing Drawings, 2017 - Ongoing
Installed as part of Deep Revolt at GRAG, 2018.
Arlo Mountford, iPhone 7, 2018
Digital print, 25.5 x 57.5cm