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Visual Culture and the American Dream
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agenda 8.4.15
what is the American Dream?definition from classic text
the visual culture of the "Dream"
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“[The American Dream is] that dream of a land in which life
should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with
opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a
difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret
adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary
and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high
wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man
and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of
which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others
for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of
birth or position."
—James Truslow Adams, The Epic of America
(1931), 214-215Adams’s text is quoted at: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/american-dream/students/thedream.html
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"...not a dream of motorcars and high wages merely..."
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Louis Vuitton window display with sculptures by Frank Gehry
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Frank GEHRY, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2014 (art museum branded with LV logo)
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Frank GEHRY, Fondation Louis Vuitton, 2014
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fashion + beauty in a fashionablesetting
is art just a decorative element in thelives of the rich?
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Olafur Eliasson, , "Inside the Horizon," 2014, installed at the Fondation
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Ellsworth Kelly at the Fondation
is this the role of art in our society?
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design used to create deliberately hostile urban environments
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is this the role of design in our society?
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the pavement is colder than a bench, harder than a bench, and less secure than a bench
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Sylvie FLEURY ELA 75/K (Won’t Smudge Off) 2000
is art's only role to sugarcoat socialinequality?
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Krzysztof Wodiczko
• born 1943 Warsaw, Poland
• emigrated to Canada in 1977
• established residency in NY in 1986
• teaches in Cambridge, MA at MIT and the Graduate School of Design (GSD) at Harvard
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Krzysztof WodiczkoHomeless Vehicle, Variant 5, 1987-9Aluminum, fabric, wire cage, and hardware60 x 36 x 56 inches (152.4 x 91.4 x 142.2 cm)
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Krzysztof WodiczkoHomeless Vehicle, Variant 3, 1987-9
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Homeless Vehicle in use,Washington Square Park,NYC
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Krzysztof WodiczkoHomeless Vehicle, Variant 3, pictured outside Trump Tower, NYC, 1988
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Wodiczko, Projection onto South Africa House, Trafalgar Square, London, 1985
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detail of projection
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"Bat Signal," OWS, November 17, 2011
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Stay in touch, y'all! Thanks for all those great discussions in the first half of the semester!