Spectacular Totality
Anderson Gallery
Richmond, Virginia, September 2017

Exhibition design, web design, and fabrication
Spectacular Totality investigates issues of political theater and “fake news” through the development of Twitter bots that mine headlines from the political hinterland to generate new, often absurd content continuously. A live “broadcast” with a news anchor avatar gives uncanny visual form to the content from the bot. This work points to a world in which the news cycle is always present, generating and even consuming its own content, with real political consequences.
Spectacle, Part I by Drew Sisk, VCU MFA
Spectacle, Part I by Drew Sisk, VCU MFA
Spectacle, Part I by Drew Sisk, VCU MFA