State of the Union: live, evil, vile

Creator

Scott McCarney
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Creation Date

2006

Keywords

Politics in art, State of the Union speech, George W. Bush, Satire, artists' books

Description

stab bound with soft cover and duct tape reinforced spine; cover; interior pages and spreads. President George W. Bush's televised 2003 State of the Union speech is captured in full screen head shots. The overlaying text, similar to close captioning, reveals nonsensical phrases made from the letters in the book's subtitle.

RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record

https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1239137~S4

Press

Rochester, NY:S. McCarney

Rights

©Scott McCarney, Rochester, NY:S. McCarney

Materials / Techniques

offset; color reproductions of TV screen shots; paper; thread; duct tape

Measurements

14 x 17 cm