phoneticontrol (BFF/MHZ/PBS/ Pocket Full of Monsters) is a Chicago native now living in San Francisco. Since his relocation he has continued drawing, painting and designing steam punk androids, flatulent monsters, screwy spaceships and other weirdness. Now in different venues and collaborating with new artists. He has been showing in and around LA, CHI, SEA, HI, OR, NYC, UK and SF. Plus around SF and Manchester UK.
phoneticontrol is continuing to plan shows and work with artists from around the globe. Keep your eyes peeled for some recent colorway releases for Shin Tanaka, illectronics and Sjors Trimbach. Some exhibitions in Chicago, SF, LA and HK are in the works. Plus tons of marker sniffing.
By believing in reuse and recycling, most of my work is primarily composed on found objects or after a trip to the thrift store. I have also has been expanding on the "JUNK TECK" of my creations. Working intuitively, I pack in more cords, fins, and add tons sci-fi doo-dads wherever they fit. Almost as if the subject matter themselves have more access to salvaged parts.
Statement on "Left Behind":
I chose to use "satellite" as the subject matter for my interpertation of " Left Behind".
This quote from "Naked Scientists" will put my in better words than I can :)
"We've obviously got one natural satellite, our Moon. But we've actually launched around 8000 artificial satellites up into orbit around the Earth. However, that's not all there is orbiting around the Earth. As well as these 8000 solid lumps of whole satellite that are up there, we've got lots and lots of little bits of junk swirling around. Now that can be anything from a nut and a bolt that's been lost to astronaut gloves that have been lost during space missions. This stuff can actually be quite a problem, because as it's up there whizzing around at kilometres per second, if it hits another satellite it can seriously damage it and blow some more bits off. So all the time this stuff is accumulating, but there's no easy way to go up and remove it. Eventually all of it will slow down and fall into the Earth but it's up there for a long period of time."
