Preferred Name
Sam Posso
Creative Commons License
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Date of Graduation
Spring 2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
School of Art, Design and Art History
Advisor(s)
Gregory Stewart
Sarah Brooks
Lisa Tubach
Stephanie Williams
Abstract
This paper discuses the idea generation that lead to the MFA exhibition: Pop-A-Washington. The visual aspects and multi-sensory interactive installations mimic the coin operated automatons, video and sound displays, and wearable costume components of an obsolete roadside attraction. While new directions for the myths of George Washington are created based on believable lies, the concept of manmade time and the repetitive action associated with what we understand as mechanized time works against an age where the audience expects to experience all aspects of the exhibition as briefly as possible.
Recommended Citation
Posso, Sam, "Pop-A-Washington" (2018). Masters Theses, 2010-2019. 538.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/master201019/538
