Abstract
Sites of Passage are global interchanges for the migration of ideas across political/cultural borders. Exchanges take place between the Unites States and another country of conflict. The idea is to take the conversation, the conflict away from the media and the politicians, who often have a very different agenda than the people. In conjunction with The Mattress Factory Museum (MF), previous exchanges have taken place between Egypt and the US (revolving around the Egyptian Revolution and the Occupy Movement), Israel, Palestine, and the US (revolving around the ideas of Borders, Walls, and Citizenship) and South Africa and the US (revolving around Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs). Currently running at the MF is Pop-Aganda: Revolution & Iconography, opening in a time of war this exchange was between Russia and US. In an age of disinformation, it is hard to ignore various “realities” spread, bred and cultivated in the name of facts. Propaganda images often proliferate into icons, even defining an entire aesthetic movement. Artists play an important instigative role in this process. For example, Agitprop, was a visual way of communicating ideologies to the masses, evolving from two-dimensional art to performance. Agitprop theater’s aesthetic spread to Europe and the US. Eventually, it became a label for politicized art. Pop art, like propaganda, is designed for the masses. However, unlike the moral ideas that are connected to propaganda, pop art is about the cultural context of the object itself. Both can be considered revolutionary.
Presenters
Tavia La FolletteCurator, Director, Artist and Associate Professor, Graduate (MFA) and Undergraduate (Theatre Studies Interdisciplinary Focus), Towson University, Maryland, United States
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Museum, Image as Revolution, Iconography, Pop Art, Propaganda, Metaphor, Symbolism
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