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Intermedia Showcase The Intermedia Showcase was hosted at Iowa City's wonderful Public Space One on the evening of October 28, 2016. It was organized by the Intermedia department at the University of Iowa, and was overseen by UI Graduate Student and Intermedia instructor, Naoki Izumo. The Showcase featured an array of events, performances, and installations that brought together artists, audience, and technology in experiences that evoked a wide range of emotions, from isolation to humor and catharsis. ANDREW CHUPP Andrew Chupp is a 25-year-old art major at the University of Iowa. In addition to being a student, he is also a performer, photographer and freelance retoucher whose work has received local and national recognition. After graduation, Chupp hopes to expand his business and continue to create meaningful and powerful artwork. Andrew set up his installation in a corner, surrounded himself with statistical reports and unflattering articles about his generation, and, "chained" by play money and covered in labels ("selfish," "broke," "entitled," . . .), sat for the entire evening staring at his phone, apparently oblivious to everything around him—perfectly enacting the stereotype of "disaffected millennial." He steadfastly ignored queries from confused visitors to his part of the Showcase who were trying to figure out what was happening. His audience was left to look more closely at the writings on the wall and figure it out for themselves. The effect was one of poignant isolation. |
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