"The Goat Show: Domestic Broadcasting for the End Times" | By Joan Seed

Darling,

Once upon a networked nightmare, the beast descended not from the heavens but through the living room—armed with abs, briefs, and bravado. And there you were, remote in hand, programmed to smile politely at Satan in paisley.
I do hope the ratings are good.

Love, Joan

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“The Goat Show: Domestic Broadcasting for the End Times” is a surrealist satire on suburban innocence, mass media hypnosis, and the veiled absurdity of patriarchal programming. In this layered collage by Joan Seed, two sweetly composed 1950s-style females gaze rapturously at a television, which has replaced the nuclear family with something far more… horned.

A horned ram’s head tops a broadcast of male nudity, while garishly patterned briefs sprout from the base of the set—creating a mythological centaur of modern media: part goat, part gym bro, all id. It’s both hilarious and unsettling, a nostalgic tableau ruptured by primal absurdity.

This piece playfully critiques the passive consumption of toxic masculinity, religious allegory, and the sexual spectacle of the television age—perfect for collectors and dealers interested in gender commentary, vintage Americana, and surrealist feminist collage.

Artwork Details

• Title: The Goat Show: Domestic Broadcasting for the End Times

• Artist: Joan Seed

• Medium: Digital collage (archival pigment print available)

• Sizes Available: 30x30 inches (76.2×76.2 cm) (or 60x60 inches (152.4×152.4 cm)

• Style: Surrealism, Feminist Satire, Postwar Americana

• Copyright: © Joan Seed. All rights reserved.