Two reflections on the capitol insurrection

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Publication Type honors thesis
School or College College of Fine Arts
Department Photography & Digital Imaging
Faculty Mentor Jaclyn Wright
Creator Wang, Albert Abdul-Barr
Title Two reflections on the capitol insurrection
Date 2023
Description Two Reflections on the Capitol Insurrection acts as a complementary set of essays for Albert Abdul-Barr Wang's extensive photo book The Cults of the Famous and the Dead (https://www.blurb.com/b/11471408-the-cults-of-the-famous-and-the-dead). The artist reflects on the impetus for his research project resulting from the federal indictment of Andrew Wrigley, an ex-friend who was one of the few artists arrested for his participation in the January 6, 2021 insurrection in the U.S. Capitol. The artist's two essays provide two divergent viewpoints on the Capitol insurrection and its personal and sociopolitical impact on the artist and his environs. "Arma Virtumque Cano" is a personal reflection which contains a mix of stream of consciousness and an analysis of alt-right aesthetics in conjunction with white masculinity. Through the narrative of the artist's fraught relationship with Wrigley, a thread of the interconnection between fascist white masculinity and Nazi-inspired aesthetics particularly in light of neo-classicism and the language of violence. "Fire in the Hole: A Study of the Capitol Insurrection, Tom Clancy's The Division 2, and Symbolic Interaction" is a sociological analysis of Tom Clancy's The Division 2 in relation with gamification, military simulations, and white supremacy as manifested in the Capitol insurrection.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Language eng
Rights Management (c) Albert Abdul-Barr Wang
Format Medium application/pdf
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