ARTIST STATEMENT: Patriotism and Paranoia. No two words better describe the scene at the protest against the stay-at-home order in Madison, Wisconsin. American flags and Trump 2020 banners flew freely as the people demanded the state to be reopened. But under the shadow that the flags cast against the cloudy sky, there was a sense of fear. Fear that this persecution was the first step in a total government takeover. Fear that there was some knowledge being hidden about the so-called disease that had suddenly appeared across the world. And most justifiably, a fear that things may never return to normal.
