politics – F15 54-498/54-798/60-446/60-746: Expanded Theater https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/54-498/f2015 Carnegie Mellon University, IDEATE Fri, 18 Dec 2015 22:25:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.31 “Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.” by Kristof Wodiczko (1988) https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/54-498/f2015/hirshhorn-museum-washington-d-c-by-kristof-wodiczko-1988/ https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/54-498/f2015/hirshhorn-museum-washington-d-c-by-kristof-wodiczko-1988/#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2015 02:22:19 +0000 http://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/mediadesign/f15/54-498/?p=10468 wodiczko-arch-001This piece offers a portrait of the inner personality of the Hirshhorn Museum, a modern art museum located in close proximity to the National Mall and federal government buildings in Washington D.C. The gun and the candle seem to indicate violence and religious sensation, as the microphones are reminiscent of a press conference, of many channels for one voice and correspondingly high volume. This piece may well be considered as a portrait of America.

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