THE CORSET OF DEMOCRACY

THE CORSET OF DEMOCRACY

NOT ALL CONTROL ANNOUNCES ITSELF.
SOME OF IT IS TAILORED.

THIS WORK EXAMINES HOW AUTHORITARIAN STRUCTURES CAN OPERATE BENEATH THE LANGUAGE OF REPRESENTATION. WHAT APPEARS AS PARTICIPATION MAY FUNCTION AS RESTRAINT. WHAT IS PRESENTED AS CHOICE MAY BE PRESTRUCTURED.

THE CORSET SHAPES THE BODY WHILE LIMITING ITS BREATH.
IN THE SAME WAY, POLITICAL SYSTEMS CAN MAINTAIN THE AESTHETIC OF DEMOCRACY WHILE PRESERVING THE MECHANICS OF DOMINANCE.

THIS COMPOSITION INCORPORATES MULTIPLE BRONZE FACES FROM THE FAMILLIA SERIES.
THE RED PORTAL.
LADY MADELINE, INCLUDING DEFENDER, SNAKE, AND STIGMATA.
THE FATHER DOUBLE STANDARDS.

EACH ARCHETYPE REPRESENTS A DIFFERENT FORM OF INHERITED AUTHORITY.
THE GATEKEEPER.
THE MORAL DEFENDER.
THE TEMPTATION AND THE WOUND.
THE PATRIARCHAL JUDGE.

TOGETHER THEY FORM A SYSTEM, NOT A PERSON.

OUTDATED DOCTRINES PERSIST.
ICONS OF POWER REMAIN.
THE FORM CHANGES. THE GRIP DOES NOT.

IN DYSTOPIA, FREEDOM IS PERFORMED.
STRUCTURE DECIDES THE LIMITS.

A COLLISION OF SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND DIGITAL MANIPULATION. THIS WORK IS CONSTRUCTED FROM ORIGINAL IMAGES OF BRONZE SCULPTURES, LAYERED WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS AND REASSEMBLED THROUGH DIGITAL COLLAGE.

THIS DIGITAL ARTWORK CAN BE PRINTED IN ANY OF THE SIZES AVAILABLE IN THE DROP DOWN BOX.