Claudia Clare
Overton Windows, 2016
40 cm
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The artist comments: The Overton window, is the term given to ‘the range of ideas the public will accept,’ according to Wikipedia. It is a political term in which the...
The artist comments:
The Overton window, is the term given to ‘the range of ideas the public will accept,’ according to Wikipedia. It is a political term in which the window effectively frames how far to the right or left the public will permit their representatives to go. The pot depicts windows in my neighbourhood, lights on, curtains open. One can walk up a street and observe the extent of ‘gentrification,’ and, perhaps, deduce whether or not the ‘Overton Window’ has shifted right or left.
The Overton window, is the term given to ‘the range of ideas the public will accept,’ according to Wikipedia. It is a political term in which the window effectively frames how far to the right or left the public will permit their representatives to go. The pot depicts windows in my neighbourhood, lights on, curtains open. One can walk up a street and observe the extent of ‘gentrification,’ and, perhaps, deduce whether or not the ‘Overton Window’ has shifted right or left.
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