For this piece I want to expose the views of anti-LGBT hate groups in America. The organization "Focus on the Family" promotes itself as a wholesome Christian organization, while also funding efforts to demonize LGTB individuals and lobby for bills that restrict their rights and freedoms. In my re-design, I replaced the content of Focus on the Family's homepage with the content from the Westboro Baptist Church's "God Hates Fags" website. While the expression is far more obscene and unhinged, they both draw from the same ugly homophobia. One says it louder and clearer, while the other manages to inflict far more damage on a wider scale.
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| Mock-Up for Website Re-Design |
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| Original Website |
Part II - Meat-space Intervention
For this piece, I want to call attention to the proliferation of illegal advertisement in urban areas. While most people are quick to denounce graffiti created by individuals, most turn a blind eye to the deluge of posters, fliers and other postings that are equally as illegal. Somehow, selling a product is less bad than putting up art or marking a name. I plan to put up several wheat-pasted fliers around downtown that make this point.
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| Flier Mock-Up |
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