Ryan W Kelly
Souvenir Photos Walt-O-Wheel some of the 21 Famous people Whitman met in his lifetime Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren the impossible congress under one tent
The Sesquicentennial Whitmaniacs' Congress
My Graduate Thesis show at the Ohio State University in 2005. Inspired by a list made by the poet Walt Whitman, of the 21 famous people he had met in his lifetime, i decided to bring this impossible congress together under one tent. In addition to the the 21 oversized paper mache heads, there was a spinning Mesmeric device to get you into Whitman's spell, and a souvenir photo booth where you could pose as Whitman, recreating a famous photo of him with a souvenir paper butterfly printed with one of his poems.
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