Event Title

Golden Child: The Onesies Project, A Commentary on Social Reaction to Gay Adoption

Location

Hart 114

Start Time

12-5-2016 1:15 PM

End Time

12-5-2016 1:45 PM

Description

My graduate studies and the birth of my son have transformed me. I’ve evolved from a “silent partner” in corporate design – a professional adhering to strict client-driven standards – into an expressive artist who has something personal to say about the world. Flowing out of my identity as a gay, married, and adoptive parent, and my status as a biracial, adopted immigrant, my current work is a critique of society’s lack of social tact and lingering prejudice surrounding adoption, particularly gay adoption. Working within conventions of parody, I use standard design tools and methodology to construct combinations of text and image that communicate subversive messages to make the implicit explicit. I study and borrow from formats in the baby product industry, such as “Onesies”™, and from traditional print media. My primary objective is storytelling; an additional goal is to raise social awareness.

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May 12th, 1:15 PM May 12th, 1:45 PM

Golden Child: The Onesies Project, A Commentary on Social Reaction to Gay Adoption

Hart 114

My graduate studies and the birth of my son have transformed me. I’ve evolved from a “silent partner” in corporate design – a professional adhering to strict client-driven standards – into an expressive artist who has something personal to say about the world. Flowing out of my identity as a gay, married, and adoptive parent, and my status as a biracial, adopted immigrant, my current work is a critique of society’s lack of social tact and lingering prejudice surrounding adoption, particularly gay adoption. Working within conventions of parody, I use standard design tools and methodology to construct combinations of text and image that communicate subversive messages to make the implicit explicit. I study and borrow from formats in the baby product industry, such as “Onesies”™, and from traditional print media. My primary objective is storytelling; an additional goal is to raise social awareness.