Spectacle, Part I, designed by Drew Sisk
Spectacle, Part I, installed as part of Working On It,
Branch Museum of Architecture and Design
Richmond, Virginia, April 2017

Exhibition design and fabrication
This installation is an exploration of contradiction, exaggeration, and hyperbole—an exposed wrinkle of the hyperreality of politics and media. Here the teleprompter is flipped around—instead of an accessory to the podium, it replaces it. We see the surface of the reflective glass and through it simultaneously. The glass is the mediator between the viewer and the scrolling text emitted below in mirror image. The text implicates the audience as both passive viewer and active reader.

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Spectacle, Part I by Drew Sisk, VCU MFA
Spectacle, Part I by Drew Sisk, VCU MFA
Spectacle, Part II by Drew Sisk, VCU MFA
Spectacle, Part II, installed as part of Working On It, Branch Museum of Architecture and Design
Richmond, Virginia, April 2017

Exhibition design and fabrication
This work is an attempt to unfurl the simultaneous power and illusion of public opinion to shape policy. In politics we often hear about the extent to which public opinion polls affect the behavior of candidates and elected officials. Politicians and media executives act in ways that preempt the latest Gallup polls, Nielsen ratings, Google analytics, and social media mentions. The result is an infinite, self-perpetuating, distorted loop that consolidates power and reinforces hegemony.
Spectacle, Part II by Drew Sisk, VCU MFA
Spectacle, Part II by Drew Sisk, VCU MFA
Spectacle, Part II by Drew Sisk, VCU MFA