one person's opinion.
Sculpture is a spark. In some the spark will catch, others, not. Perhaps the point is people's boredom with their chosen focus, or the remains after the party. As a form the sunglasses are interesting, as an icon they invoke good thoughts.
I get tired of folks telling me what I should be interested in, what I should be using, how I should think. I get tired of their boredom. That's a personal problem. Has it always been that people wield their boredom as a threat, a weapon?
nostalgia as a driver