CARLO LORENZETTI

The cassette player is an experiment which combines the tactile qualities of mechanical buttons with hand built ceramics. The inspiration for this juxtaposition came from a core principal of the theory of the Uncanny: the duality of something strange yet simultaneously familiar. The familiar sensation of pushing mechanical buttons subverts the users' impression of the ceramic vessel. The row of buttons are the basic functions of a cassette player: play, pause, rewind, fast forward, stop. The rolling wheels actuate the left and right volume... Homepage for Netherlands based artist and designer Carlo Lorenzetti.

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