A Golden State

Authors

Shawn Bush, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Publication Date

Winter 1-1-2016

Keywords

artists' books, student artists' book contest, third

Disciplines

Book and Paper

Student Status

Graduate student

Year of Graduation

2018

Major

Photography

Faculty / Course

Jim Di'Marcantonio, Bookbinding

Materials + Techniques

Special edition book

Student Narrative

The Western landscape has captivated the hearts of Americans and others over time. The expansive topography that dominates the territory encapsulates much of the allure that defines American ideology. Cinema and commercial industries use the seduction of the Western landscape to sell, define and project a merit of social status onto the credulous populous. In the name if progress, the topography is constantly changing and shedding its layers to suit the provisional needs of humanity. Employing some of the tactics of cinema that have helped define the landscape, A Golden State hopes to free the mythology of the West, specifically California, as a utopia within the larger utopia of Western culture.

Recommended Citation

Bush, Shawn; Library, Fleet; and Collections, Special, "A Golden State" (2016). 3rd Student Artists' Book Contest 2017. 6.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest3rd2017/6