Inchoate Disaster

My image is one work in an ongoing project examining the reasons for the divisive and acrimonious rhetoric in this 2016 U.S. presidential election year. It’s as if the clarion call for “truth” and “transparency”, demanded by conservatives and progressives alike, spun by media pundits, etc. is itself nothing but theater. All engaged parties present as contestants, vying for attention in the next news cycle. I want to recognize manifestations of individual behavior driving the divisiveness and understand the reasons for that behavior.