TV Family is a sculpture created by Chinese artist Shen Xiaonan. This family, depicted in bronze, shows a family, all with televisions as heads. The simple, clear-cut design portrays the message of people being absorbed by the media and entertainment and it taking over their lives in a way that is not confused with frills and adornments. The fact that it shows a sterotypical family instead of just an individual definitely drives the point home that this phenomenon affects all ages, no matter what people watch.
This piece connects to Oryx and Crake with the depiction of desensitization of individuals to violence and sex from a young age, especially Jimmy's lack of guilt over watching child porn until he sees Oryx for the first time. With the family in the piece shown as watching show much television that it becomes them, this process occurs with Jimmy as he becomes so desensitized to sex that he needs to have many lovers himself in order to feel like he is getting something out of it. Also, the way the art is set up, it does not have the frills that products and entertainment must have in the novel to be exciting, as in Jimmy's world nothing is as clear-cut as this piece of art.
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