The Continuing Ballad of Franco the Kid
by Triplett, Jayson Ming, M.F.A., MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, 2008, 34 pages; 1450433

Abstract:

The Continuing Ballad of Franco the Kid is an installation housing a collection of thoughts, both static and animated, addressing the absurdities of cultural dichotomy in contemporary America. Its theme-park aesthetic is an intentional appropriation meant to echo the spectacle that makes up America's cultural landscape. Within this presentation the action of various iconic characters merge with fragmented text to form an allegorical matrix used to address America's consumption and entertainment-obsessed culture and the consequential malaise induced by such obsession. The Continuing Ballad of Franco the Kid addresses this cultural state of being while underscoring current methods of communication and thought-control carefully orchestrated by corporate driven media machines, and the resulting dangers of such productions.

 
AdviserWilliam P. Andrews
SchoolMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
SourceMAI/ 46-05, p. , Jun 2008
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsFine arts; Mass communication
Publication Number1450433
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