Opium by ThomasMacCallum
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Karl Marx - once said that "religion is the opium of the masses"
So what is the Opiate of the day?
Here we have a 3 tier dwelling-
The cellar occupied by the jobless and almost homeless. Furniture limited to a TV.
The Ground occupied by the hard working rural community. Furniture limited to kitchenette, a sofa and a TV.
First floor occupied by the affluent. Best TV money can buy.
Chase the dragon or the next episode of your soap.
Comments (29)
koosievantutte
yes, we all know about that!
TheMentalDude
Porn? ;) because on this picture Tom is showing us his voyeur side ;)
Art_Sorcery
Interesting idea, Tom. Well-executed. :)
JeffersonAF
Excellent.
jdehaven
Quite an interesting portrait of society and caste system you are displaying here. As a long time viewer and hopefully considered a friend... this is almost disturbing. The renders are freaking georgous, but the message is quite scary. I know the job situation has become volatile.
PhilW
Wonderful concept and brilliantly done! The construction, lighting and rendering of each tier is masterful - an amazing image!!
GRA
Must be the tv
ragouc
Very good idea and picture. 5+++
callad
Awesome image.. and with a clear display of facts to go with that!
neelzonline
Great concept and execution
mtalin
good idea and well executed!
Cimaira
Wonderful example of todays "drug of choice". I love the textures and lightings of all the rooms. I bet even the basement TV has some sort of cable/direct TV hook up. My drug is my computer,so I'd be the one with the basement apartment and nothing but a chair,a computer and some sort of internet connection, lol.
Rainastorm
Very well presented...I'm not a big fan of watching TV, but I see your point..way to much other things to do to sit more than five minuets here. lol
Populus
Coool idea and awesome image!
magnus073
Really a great job Tom and what a powerful message
lemonjim
very clever, love the cut-away
Ziemer
Excellent, excellent, excellent-- tellin' it like it is! Terrific presentation of this; chilling light- that's one cold basement and a great metaphor!
AwarenessLogic
If this was the case, I'm sure I would've seen something about it on TV:)
mmax.ch
Outstanding scene. Great POV, View and light!
theSea
Really really well executed. I have a nice TV - I must be doing okay :) You never catch the dragon. Ever.
Forevernyt
Cool scenes and setup. Nice sentiment as well.
traeumerle62
outstanding work
evinrude
Nice work. Opiate of the day, I think, is just opiates.
Odessey
You have to been thru all three tiers to appreciate what is on the top ! Fantastic presentation .
tallpindo
I once went looking in my dicitonary to see if there was some radical which equated to recreational drug much as Marx searched for a country ripe for revolution. I don't remember them all now but cocaine definitely had carbonate. Odd, how the preferred drug of the rich became, as crack, the pipe filler of the poor.
e-brink
Superb! A nice idea, very well done.
dennisrichter
Ah - just discovered this without spy vs. spy. Interesting thoughts behind it...
thebasstard
Excellent image and message! I live without TV since two years and I can´t understand people who don´t know what to do when they are 3 days without one. However being without a computer is more difficult, but not unbearable as long I have books.
amirapsp
Awesome idea and work