Brooklyn's Henry Hargreaves Takes Technology Into His Own Hands (and Deep Fries It)

Now: We understand that some of you may look at the above image and recoil, gasping in horror over the sheer "how could he?!"-ness of it all.

Let's just take a second and breathe. Yes, we benefit from our technologies. Yes, we have become inextricably linked. No, they do not have personalities, or a heart, or brain--and as much as we may enjoy anthropomorphizing our iPads, they do. not. care. about. us.

So who cares? Let's just deep fry them, pour some powdered sugar on and ingest our gidgets and gadgets once and for all? That's what Brooklyn-based artist Henry Hargreaves might be suggesting with his aptly-named series, Deepfried Gadgets.

Or maybe, Hargreaves just wanted to provoke a reaction, showing us that our myriad technologies can't actually serve our very basic survival needs.

Or maybe, Hargreaves just wanted to put some things in a deep fryer and see if they made it out in one piece.

Either way, as deceptively (or as literally) low-brow as this work might appear, we're on board.

Take a glimpse at a few more--to some, horrific--shots and now tell us that smart phone sitting to the left of your laptop, the one to the right of your Kindle, doesn't look potentially tasty.

All Images Courtesy: henryhargreaves.com