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senior thesis:
Political merchandise acts as a mirror of society’s feelings about humor and consumerism, in addition to political opinion. Through the lens of political merchandise, Politics, Humor, & Consumerism aims to discuss, identify, and understand consumerism using parody. The topic limits itself to both historical and current political merchandise in the United States. The project itself lends itself to three separate but connected projects including a typeface, a performance, and a final sculptural installation.
The typeface: inspired by guerilla communication using previous iconic letterforms in US political campaigns.
The performance piece: using the previous typeface and screenprinting it onto the skin on people’s bodies. Then the prints will be recorded on film to then be put together into a performance video piece.
The installation: displays the performance piece video in a sculptural installation, both digitally and traditionally.
2024
CMYK Screenprint on Cottonrag
Body Images: Screenprint on skin
Final panel showcase includes the screenprinted desktop setup
Link to final video performance can be found here