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Anthem
Author Info
Clifford, Zachary Lee
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1574675376205461
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2019, MFA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
Abstract
Anthem serves to share both analytical data and emotional connections to the viewer on the subject of school shootings in the US. Black and white flag pieces made by altering US flags are flown above grave shaped mounds that take up the room. Those flags are meant to communicate the messages a black and white flag each can represent in battle, this battle being in the fight to cull the epidemic of school shootings en mass in the USA. Each flag sits in front of a chronologically ordered wall mounted book comprised of 300 toe tags, each with the date, location and number of victims of a school shooting in the US. This information is meant to show any viewer how widespread and historic these events are, whole also showing how close to home they are. Anthem seeks to disseminate information and pull emotion, but the work is not designed to fix the issue directly but create dialogue with viewers to look for solutions to the issue inside and outside the gallery. Each flag can, should and will be utilized outside white wall spaces to protest and be performative so that non-art viewers can share in the discussion and work towards new strategies in taking on gun violence in the US system of current violent behavior.
Committee
Taryn McMahon (Committee Chair)
Janice Garcia (Committee Member)
Kuebeck Andrew (Committee Member)
Pages
52 p.
Subject Headings
Fine Arts
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Mass Media
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Modern History
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Political Science
Keywords
Gun violence
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School Shootings
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Protest
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Printmaking
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Punk
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DIY
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US Shootings
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USA
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Guns
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Flags
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American Flags
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Desecration of Flags
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Mourning
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Protest Art
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Punk Art
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Antifascist, Mass shootings
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Flag Art
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Artist Book
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Zines
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Counter-Culture
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Textiles
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Clifford, Z. L. (2019).
Anthem
[Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1574675376205461
APA Style (7th edition)
Clifford, Zachary.
Anthem.
2019. Kent State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1574675376205461.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Clifford, Zachary. "Anthem." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1574675376205461
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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© 2019, some rights reserved.
Anthem by Zachary Lee Clifford is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
This open access ETD is published by Kent State University and OhioLINK.