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senior thesis:
project will be complete May 2024
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