In last part of the book, New Media in Art by Michael Rush mentions artist Paul Garrin, white devil, (1993) an interactive cinema installation. The viewers are placed in middle of imaginary neighborhood as they pass through the the gallery space surveillance cameras track their gestures and dangerous dog appears on video screens to scare them. Similar, to how stereo-profiling is in some neighborhoods. Mainly, ones that are not use to having people of different backgrounds. But at the same time this also views that everyone is suspicious regardless of race, ethnic, or religion. Treated as equals in the view of the cameras and the dog. Terrifying movie.
I decided to do this theme because that is what I’m constantly hearing all day for the past weeks. So why not make some art of this situation. The poster colors China flags withing the spray is where it was started. And I changed the mask into a dis-morphed United states flag. Using a very generic Asian face from the internet because people are freaking about or reacting in racial profiling manor. And calling this virus what is and that is a racist virus. And I chose to use a disinfecting spray because people are buying large amounts of this. And it also references to how some Americans view Asian people as zombies, pests, or the cause of reason for the spread of this virus. Which is far from the truth.
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