Visual "remix" day

Visual remix day was a lot of fun because we felt like our possibilities for topics were endless, which really allowed us to be creative. We were given the assignment of presenting two to three different visual remixes with broad subjects (clearly nothing pertaining to Clemson like the cartoon assignment).

This first image is my least favorite of the three that our group made because I don't feel that the picture conveys our originally intended message. We generated the idea from the chaos among the republican candidates in the presidential race. We don't feel that there are any strong front-runners across the party and no one really stands out. I thought maybe morphing all of the candidates into paper dolls would be funny in showing that they seem almost indistinguishable. Then that idea turned into making a seven headed monster and one thing lead to another as we wound up with Medusa. I think our final product sheds a negative, condescending light on the republican party (which was in no way my intention) while we were actually just trying to show that it seems like a circus between the candidates at this point in the race. I give all of this commentary on the first image because it is the one that I worked on with a few other people. Maybe if we had had more time it would send our message more clearly.

I really love both of the other images because they are both really funny and relevant to current events. The second one is a classical political statement in reference to immigration controversies. The great wall of China is superimposed along the border between the United States and Mexican borders. The third image is the funniest. Here Steven Colbert's head has been placed on the Lincoln monument because he just recently announced his candidacy.