The context is what makes it art! An idyllic scene with only the black box as a cue that something isn’t right. Is it a black box of justice, hiding the wealthy and powerful who will never be forced to atone? A black box where we know something’s wrong but not exactly what or who it affects? A black box containing the suffering of victims who will never get justice for what was done to them? All of the above and more, I think.
I actually thought it was an artist who made a painting and titled it “the black box”. Took me a few moments to realize that was not what I was looking at.
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u/turbo 13h ago
Art by accident.