By: Jingyi Dong, Vy Nguyen, Miggy Cruz, and Leslie Do
Lara Nelson’s novel Passing and Thomas Teo’s article “The Historical Problematization of ‘Mixed Race’” were the jumping points and inspiration for the reimagination of the fictional character Deadpool. Our card also critiques his attempts to “pass” as a genetically engineered superhuman and superhero. For instance, Teo examines the time when Adolf Hitler used the “problematization of hybridity” and mixed race populations. Hitler was strongly influenced by the Eugenics Movement. According to Edwin Black, Eugenics originated in the 1800s with Sir Francis Galton, and eventually transferred to the United States where the Eugenics Movement began. Later, Black notes that the “Rockefeller Foundation helped found the German eugenics program. Passing is a cautionary tale that discourages mixed race individuals from attempting to pass as white; especially if a mixed race person tries to pass as white he or she will suffer negative consequences such as tragedies.
Our playing card warns people to not pass as a superhuman by genetically merging with non-humans or else you will depopulate and sterilize your community in the new Rockefeller Eugenics Movement. We used Darrell Hamamoto’s post-humanist theory and New World Order theory to evolve the main ideas of Teo’s article and Larson’s novel, Passing. Dr. Hamamoto alerts us that a new eugenics movement is evident, especially since the Rockefeller foundation has a history of facilitating eugenics movements. If globalists and institutes for genetic studies work together to genetically merge humans and nonhumans, then these experiments and these new generations of mixed species can create sterile offspring. This trend will decreases the population of the masses so that globalists can control the masses better.
Good use of symbolism.You guys did a great job explaining the eugenics background. It's a good art piece that relates to the theme of Post-Humanism that Professor Hamamoto talked about. Although I can't really see the connection back to mix race, I think the idea is solid and comprehensible.
ReplyDeleteI love Deadpool! Interesting critique of the character and the parallel it has to the Eugenics Movement. The artist statement sufficiently supports the piece; the only thing you should add is the definition of "transhumanist."
ReplyDeleteGreat visual! The background given in the artist statement further explained the card very well. I see the connection in your art piece to those individuals who attempt to pass as "white" and reasoning as to why they would choose that. I do wish, you explained what some of the tragedies or negative consequences mixed-race individuals have had to endure.
ReplyDeleteThe integration and evolution of known concepts and previous works is accomplished and explained well in the artist statement. The text on the card is very complex but also explains the piece well, otherwise I wouldn't know how to interpret the image. The artist statement could also include any special techniques when making the piece and who the creators are as artists.
ReplyDeleteYou managed to make Hamamoto's strange lecture tangible and understandable, which I applaud this group for. Interesting use of a fictional character to relate back to our main topic for this week!
ReplyDeleteGreat job thinking outside the box and connecting a superhero to the Nazis and eugenics movement. The artis statement gives good details about the piece and it's intent.
ReplyDeleteI thought your topic was very interesting and unique. Your group did a great job incorporating both lectures and readings into the project. Your artist statement was very informative and went well with your artwork. One thing that could be added to the statement would be how you made your artwork and what it means to be artists.
ReplyDeleteYour group did a fantastic job, it is very unique. I like the concept behind it and the artist statement did make the reasoning behind the card clear. Overall great job!
ReplyDeleteI really like this piece and also how you incorporated our guest speaker last week's lecture into this. It was very informative on the books and the lectures, and I really appreciated reading the statement. No need for improvement!
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