Polystyrene Dream

inception: 2002

Description

Polystyrene Dream is an interactive Flash artwork that places Barbie in unexpected environments such as a fertility clinic and Ground Zero to highlight the unsettling implications of the "American Dream."

attributed to: Rhizome staff

inception: 2021

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I am interested in how we attractively package even the most unsettling aspects of culture, from war and religion to reproductive technologies. My artwork seeks to manipulate the commercial "grid" and give voice to contradictions that we live as Americans, resisting and yet buying into commercial existence.

attributed to: Juliet Davis

inception: 25 October 2002

Legacy descriptive tags

Juliet Davis, World Trade Towers, The Vatican, New York City, fertility clinic, Afghanistan

Attribution: Juliet Davis

tactical, Participatory, allegory, War, globalization, gender, commercialization, body, audio, Animation, HTML, Flash, Visual

Attribution: Rhizome staff

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artist: Juliet Davis

title: Polystyrene Dream

inception: 2002