Connor Gottfried Bleach For Sale

About this work

Connor Gottfried has emerged as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary new media art, interrogating the intersection of consumer technology, nostalgia, and material culture with a rigor that distinguishes his practice from the broader field of post-internet art. His work treats obsolete gaming hardware and software not as relics but as cultural artifacts worthy of the same critical attention afforded to traditional media, elevating the ephemeral digital experience into permanent sculptural form. Bleach exemplifies Gottfried's methodological approach, integrating a functioning Nintendo Wii console with Super Mario Galaxy 2 into a precisely fabricated aluminum composite panel structure. The work operates simultaneously as sculpture, ready-made, and interactive installation—the game itself becomes both subject and medium. The inclusion of the original game disc and a custom 3D printed controller mount emphasizes the artist's attention to the complete ecosystem of play, preserving a specific technological moment while framing it within the formal language of minimalist wall-mounted sculpture. The 19-inch IPS display provides museum-quality color reproduction, ensuring the visual fidelity that Gottfried demands across his practice. Created in 2026, Bleach represents the artist's continued investigation into gaming as a site of collective memory and embodied experience. The title itself suggests processes of erasure and purification, pointing toward the cultural bleaching that occurs as technologies pass from ubiquity into obsolescence. Gottfried's work resists this erasure by monumentalizing these systems at the precise moment of their cultural transition. For acquisition inquiries regarding this work by Connor Gottfried, please contact Guy Hepner directly.