Crawl Space is pleased to present an interactive installation looking at the artistic process of Sound Industrial Design Inc., the collaborative duo Cathy McClure and Seth Sexton. Using the gallery as a temporary studio space prior to the show, SID Inc. creates an overwhelming and chaotic immersion into their dissection and reconstruction of mechanical plush toys.

Unlike circuit benders who may use circuit boards and sound cards pulled from a variety of electronic instruments to make novel and synthetic sounds, SID Inc. purchases discarded electronic plush toys from local thrift stores and pares them down.

The plush toys and their reconstructions are based on recurrent action sustained through consumer whimsy. All of the mechanisms selected by SID Inc. are activated by motion, sound, or touch that stress the importance of education through entertainment.

The marketing, purchase, and speedy donation of these toys allude to a consumptive market characterized by buying escapism and frenzy. Toys have a very short shelf life that leads to an even shorter home life. SID Inc. believes that consumer involvement in this repetition is a blazing sign of its success.