This is my last traditional media piece for the Anthrocon Art Show, which shall be hanging in the general gallery, and my personal favorite of all the pieces I made for the convention this year.

Prior to acquiring my Asus Eee Slates, I used a Dell Inspiron as my primary computer. Over the course of 7 year's use, I wound up having nearly every part of that computer replaced (thank goodness for extended warranties), including the palm rest and plastic encasing the screen. I held onto the removed screen frame for years and years, thinking that I eventually wanted to use it in a piece of art... and this year, I finally got around to it. This piece was made specifically to fit in that screen frame.

I knew I wanted the piece for that frame to be technology related, and possibly something about being either stuck in or connected to a computer. My specific inspiration finally struck in a really round about way - through the character of Root from Person of Interest. I have always loved both androids and cyborgs, and while browsing tumblr saw someone refer to Root as a "modern day cyborg" because she is so tied into the operation of The Machine, literally has an ear piece implanted to listen to it, and The Machine considers her its "Analog Interface". That combined with the Samaritan server scene in the season finale made me think up a female cyborg tied into the servers of a machine... Root herself may not be quite so literally/physically a cyborg, but that's how my round about thought process went. Aspects of the figure have also been given nods to Root, such as her hair and... I decided that if I were to make her character an animal, it'd be a flame point siamese, so hence the species and breed selection.

My eyes are bifocal
My hands are sec-jointed
I live in the future
In my pre-war apartment
And I count all my blessing
I have friends in high places
And I'm upgraded daily
All my wires without traces

Hooked into machine
Hooked into machine
I'm hooked into, hooked into
Machine

I collect my moments
Into a correspondence
With a mightier power
Who just lacks my perspective
And who lacks my organics
And who covets my defects
And I'm downloaded daily
I am part of a composite

Hooked into machine
Hooked into machine
I'm hooked into, hooked into
Machine

~Machine, Regina Spektor