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Brief (reference image, not reproduced literally): a 1985 man draped in EVERY consumer
The plate
Fig. 1112 across, 56 down.
The grid itself
.==============================================================================================================. | PLATE XVII fig. 1 — dorsal aspect CAT. No. 1985/W | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | _ _ ___ __ __ ___ genus HOMO | | | | | |/ _ \| \/ |/ _ \ .................................... species ELECTRONICVS (Sony, 1985) | | | |_| | (_) | |\/| | (_) | mounted, pinned & itemised order TERMINALIA · pre-network | | | _ | (_) | |\/| | (_) | . a single specimen, fully draped . habitat the living-room, dusk | | |_| |_|\___/|_| |_|\___/ .................................... «as illustrated · batteries extra» | | | | .______. | | L.1 · CAMCORDER ..........................:|SONY |''. .................. R.1 · TELEPHONE HANDSET | | CCD-V8 "held aloft" | CCD | |'.. slung, coiled at the throat, 3m curl | | 1.5 kg · shoulder-mount o|(( O ))| | BT Tribune Mk.II · 22 AWG cord | | rec.LED lit, tape LP ............ |______|:_| .------. ejected, ringing «engaged» | | | | ( o o )~. forever, into no one | | ______|__|______ ( ~coil~ ) ~. | | L.2 · HEADPHONES .............. .-'' || ''-. '-.____.-' ~. cord loops 4× the neck | | MDR closed-back, foam ......: / ∩ ________ ∩ \ ~~ ) | | worn as the cranium : |==| / ∩∩∩∩ \ |==| (~~ .. R.2 · POCKET TELEVISION | | clamp force 4.8 N ......: | || .------. || | ....... Watchman, 4cm CRT, pull-ant | | : |==|| / ◕ ◕ \ ||==| . |¬ 340mm out · UHF snow, no signal | | L.3 · WALKMAN SPORTS ..... : \_|| | ▽ | ||_/ . |=========. sits in temporal fossa | | WM-F5, splash-yellow : : | \ ══ / | ........... |·(( snow ))·| | | auto-reverse, AA×2 :...:...... \ '--' / |·:·······:·| | | belt-clipped, L flank _________|________|_________ '===========' | | L.4 · CASSETTE MAGAZINE ... .. / .-. | | .-. \ ....... R.3 · VHS CARTRIDGE HEAP | | TDK D-C60 ×7, tangled | (:::) | .--------. | (:::) | ~~~~~ L-500 · "JESSE" · rec. 2h SP | | one unspooled, at hip .. | '-' |[|JVC RC=|]| '-' | mag-tape, oxide flaking off | | .. |[#####]| (O) (O) |[#####]| ....... labelled in biro, spine split | | L.5 · CALCULATOR (×2) ....: |spkr |=== ANT ===| spkr| | | Casio fx, solar-strip |_______|=============|_______| | | held one per palm ...: | .========================. | | | summing, always 0 ..:...| || 8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8. || |... R.4 · COMPACT DISC | | | |'========================'| | AAD, first pressing, 1985 | | | | [+][-][x][÷] [MRC][=][%] | | held aloft, unplayable here | | L.6 · VHS VISCERA ......... | '--------------------------' | "the future" — per the brochure | | the abdominal stack . | .----..----..----..----. | | | 6× cassettes, stacked | |L500||L500||JESSE|L750| |.. R.5 · SPARE ANTENNA | | as the lower organs .. | '----''----''----''----' .| telescopic, 5-section | | .. | |JESSE|L500||L500||L500| | fully drawn out, 610mm, | | L.7 · MAINS + CELLS ....... | '----''----''----''----' | aimed at nothing overhead | | 6× UM-3 · 1× PP3 |______________________________| | | draw: 240g of cell ... | || || | | | | || .--------------. || |... R.6 · THE PLINTH / VCR | | | || | ==== VCR ==== | || | SL-C7 Betamax, front-load | | ___|__||___|_[>][o][o][=]_|___||__|___ the specimen stands upon it, | | |##################################| 4 heads, e-to-e, top-load | | |==== S P E C I M E N B A S E ====| | | '==================================' | | | ▼ pin ▼ | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | SCALE 0┈┈┈┈┈10┈┈┈┈┈20┈┈┈┈┈30┈┈┈┈┈40┈┈┈┈┈50 cm TOTAL DRAPED MASS · 11.4 kg · 14 devices | | «HOMO ELECTRONICVS · every channel worn at once, none of them received · the terminal before the net» | | CAT. 1985/W · as illustrated · batteries not included · £ 249.99 · whilst stocks last | | wib&wob | '=============================================================================================================='
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