Article: DOLLHAUSEN'S GIZMOS ARE WIRED TO GET A RESPONSE.(What's Happening)

Byline: JUDY WAGONFELD Special to the P-I

Jack Dollhausen's sculptures are no wallflowers. Come-hither, they tease; sign up on my dance card.

Without a speck of guilt, they make goo-goo eyes at all comers. They lure you into their personal space, transform you into a maestro of call and response. You move, they wink. You speak, they sing.

Without you, they are ministers speaking to empty pews; women of the night courting deserted streets. The antithesis of hermits, they rely on feedback. Consider them interactive souls, sensitive New Age folk.

Now, wait a minute. Aren't these inanimate sculptures? Piles of wood, metal, circuitry ...

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