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Sitings 2006Sitings projects celebrate and exploit the architectural idiosyncracies of the Museum's four-building complex and often comment on the Museum itself.
A competition open to all RISD students, the program fosters and facilitates interchange among students, the public and the Museum.
Artists were given a menu of alternative (non-gallery) spaces to consider.
In this, the competition's eleventh year, 26 contestants submitted 29 written proposals in a blind jury process.
Artist Mark Lancaster juried the submissions and chose the winning entries.
He selected the proposals of Joseph Graham-Felsen [RISD '07, Film / Animation / Video ] and the team of Elizabeth Doering [RISD '06, Textiles] and Thomas Staton [RISD '07, Ceramics].
Each winning entry received a $300 prize.
Graham-Felsen's installation takes facets of the American aesthetic and turns them on their head to create a carnival-like interpretation of the country's foreign policy.
M.A.D. attempts to question the United States' role in the world while straddling the line between serious and playful.
The work is open-ended, leaving the viewer to fill it out in his or her own way.
For example, the signs 'We're at WAR' may be read as proud factual statements, but may also appear to be shocking reminders of a shameful misadventure.
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