Love At First Sight Machine (LAFS), 2024

Pen and Ink on Strathmore 3-ply plate

14” x 18”

Inspired by The National Museum of American History’s ‘Lighting a Revolution’ Exhibit’, featuring inventions from throughout Thomas Edison’s lifetime.

The Love at First Sight Machine sparks a narrative about the magical realism that is Edison’s hunt for harnessing electricity. If we are able to conduct energy for the betterment of humanity, could machining more abstract concepts also be possible? What would it be like to produce the power of love at first sight with the flick of a switch?