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.