The Little Toaster

This piece is created by Cassia Streb and Aaron Drake and was installed in the Highways Performance Space and Gallery in Santa Monica as a part of a collective show in 2007. The appliances are staged at a luau with small chamber groups of electronics grouped together and are triggered on and off through a series of hidden analog electronic components. The toaster oven acts as a timer to activate the installation and to turn it off again. In this way we subtly invite the audience to participate and experience the cacophony of modern conveniences on holiday.