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HILDE ROGNSKOG

HOMELAND SECURITY ENLIGHT THE WORLD, 2010
C-print 40 x50 cm


ORIGINAL FORM FOR NONIMMIGRANT VISITOR
Print on paper 20x40 cm

The famous statue is original named “Liberty Enlightening the World”. The photo is manipulated so that the crown is folded downwards, the torch have lost its flame and glows. On the board text is original: July IV MDCCLXXVI (1776), and refers to the date of the American Declaration of Independence. In the picture the date is manipulated into the text: FED MLLCCCXIII (1913), and refers to the Federal Reserve System which was created by president Wodrow Widrow.
ORIGINAL FORM FOR NONIMMIGRANT VISITOR, detail
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