Portmanteau: A Convergence of Technologies 

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Portmanteau (noun) a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others.

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Anachronism (noun) a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.

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The past 30 years of technological advancement have showcased a rapid development of technology. Large singular objects such as the camera, the telephone and even the television can now all be found and used on one small device, the mobile phone. This project sets out to explore the juxtaposition and ironize this convergence of technologies using collage of the old and the new.