An object scaled past usability and into threat—a Microsoft® Windows 95 cursor enlarged to the size of a weapon, directive, or religious icon.
Detached from the screen and rebuilt as a physical artifact, the familiar pointer loses its neutrality. At three feet tall, its proportions become vaguely authoritarian: less interface element than command itself. What was once frictionless and invisible now occupies real space, demanding attention like a monument to passive control.
90's optimism, outsourced agency, and the quiet violence of the digital revolution.
