The one of works in the collection was Max Ernst’s oil paint canvas work Celebes 1921, and it was based on the Max’s dream of having a sinister mechanical monster which came from the Freudian (APPENDIX 6) technique of free association (Ernst, exhibition, 1921). However, some viewers might remind the mechanical monster as an enemy game character Eggman Robot from a game Sonic Heroes because its body and characteristic (Amazon, website, 2003). The paradigm behind it doesn’t tell if is evil or not, but the look does make it feel it wanted to attack someone.
There is a work from a collection that does support the practice which is the oil paint canvas Azure Day 1937 by Yves Tanguy because it has appealing relationship with the game such as the environment is more open artistic abstract for the origami world of the game.
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APPENDIX D (Szkoda, 2016)
FIGURE 29 (Sonic Retro, 2016)
APPENDIX E (Szkoda, 2016)
Chris Szkoda