This thesis uses the exclamation point to represent a way of thinking and working methodology. The exclamation point in mathematics represents a factorial function, an operation for determining all possible orders of a set. Colloquially, the meaning of the exclamation point relies entirely on context. Within a yellow triangle, it means caution or danger, but at the end of a sentence delivering good news, it means excitement. In the context of this thesis, the exclamation point represents enthusiastically and exhaustively reordering objects, words, and processes to highlight shifting meaning.

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A stack of patches with logos of common brands edited to replace the brand name with a theorist's name.

Think Fast!

Heatpress denim patches

2021

What do NASCAR, Nintendo and Nietzsche have in common? This project entangles International Art English, NASCAR, the brands sponsoring NASCAR, the canon of western philosophy and critical theory, and conceptions of high and low culture.

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Two NASCAR style jackets with logos edited to replace brand names with theorist's names.

Think Fast!

Racing Jackets

2021

Jackets for high speed critical dialogue!

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A scratch off lottery ticket depicting a slot machine with cryptocurrency logos.

Crypto Cashout

Scratch off lottery ticket

2022

Are NFTs and decentralized markets the great democratizing force they claim to be, or are they simply the same systems that have long manipulated artists and creators repackaged with a silicon valley flair? This project packages the highly volatile world of cryptocurrency in the visual language of a scratch off lottery ticket.

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a volvelle depicting idiomatic expressions

Idiomatic Permutation Volvelle

paper

2021

This tool was created as a way to abstract the already non-literal world of idiomatic phrases.

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a poster with text that reads “The Lightning Is In The Bottle But The Thunder Got Stolen”

A New Idiom?

2021