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The JFK Fluxus Box

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                                                       JFK by Oliver Stone The box is 12 inches long and 10 inches in width. Made of wood and nails, it was topped off with three different components of spray paint and a lock to add to its authenticity. I wanted to depict a box that embodies injustice and corruption. A box that would represent truth. A box that would outrage the public. In the film JFK , by Oliver Stone, he emphasizes how the actors and plot were suppose to be almost identical to the actual events that happened in real life.  His characters were played by iconic actors and actresses. In fact, Jim Garrison, the district Attorney of new Orleans in the 1960's played Earl Warren(a supreme court justice jurist a.k.a the man who led the Warren Commission in court) in the movie JFK .  He played this role to be ironic. Garrison is the only person who has ever brought a public prosecution of the Kennedy case to light, to this date. He went against Clay Shaw in court (cla

The Soap Carving Assignment

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                                                                                                                       Soap Sculptures                                                           Title: My Little Pony                                                          Medium to large soap.                                                                                                     For the soap sculptures I picked a horse. This was a challenging and fun project, that encouraged students to come up with strategies when carving. Though I realized later on what techniques could help more so if I did this process over again, I feel that one can see this realization with the second horse I worked on. The first horse took much longer than the second one. This was because this process was new to me.