Shocktactics incorporates seemingly disparate elements that combine to create an electro-mechanical interactive environment. One element is a high voltage tension generator surrounded by an array of hybrid solenoids. The generator emits a half million high frequency oscillating volts which arcs to the other element, a set of reconstructed turntables that Schwartz himself wears. As the electric generator sends its arcing voltage to the turntables, Schwartz intervenes and becomes a conductive manipulator of this contrived electro-mechanical environment. Using his body to disrupt the electric process, his presence is fused with the energy fields radiating from the environment. The installation incorporates intricate mechanical structures, electrical phenomena, reactive chemicals, ambient and remanipulated-recorded sound, as well as the union of the artist and technologically inspired sculpture. By entangling himself in the electromechanical process, Schwartz is exploiting the notion that modern technological systems operate with little or no human intervention.