I just spent some time reading Joseph's website. One thing that struck me is that he takes serious ills of our world and highlights them through humor and absurdity. A good example of this is the 2008 collaborative piece of a fake New York Times Newspaper. The paper content was focused on how the creators of the project would like to see our world change. A lot of people were fooled and it made them pay attention to subjects that often get overlooked. Here is the link:
http://www.delappe.net/intervene/fake-new-york-times/
In May of this yea, he created a life size predatory drone at Fresno State University with students to bring awareness of the Pakistani people who are being killed by these weapons. Obviously, this is not a humorous piece, but a memorial to wake us up to what our country is doing in our name.
http://www.delappe.net/sculptureinstallation/the-drone-project/
I am interested to ask if he will be working on projects that focus on the abuses immigrants are facing here in the US.
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