![Michael Merger’s 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue project is featured in the Peripheral Views: States of America show at MoCP:
As attitudes in the United States have splintered, one founding principle of American democracy, the fair distribution of government power among all citizens, has remained vital to reaching national consensus. Michael Mergen (American, b. 1978) reflects on the capacity for individuals to actively influence politics as he travels the United States photographing buildings and homes that share the White House’s iconic street address—1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. His typological study intentionally excludes the White House, however, in effect isolating the president from the general populace and questioning the extent to which lines of communication can be drawn between leader and citizenry.
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Michael Merger’s 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue project is featured in the Peripheral Views: States of America show at MoCP:
As attitudes in the United States have splintered, one founding principle of American democracy, the fair distribution of government power among all citizens, has remained vital to reaching national consensus. Michael Mergen (American, b. 1978) reflects on the capacity for individuals to actively influence politics as he travels the United States photographing buildings and homes that share the White House’s iconic street address—1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. His typological study intentionally excludes the White House, however, in effect isolating the president from the general populace and questioning the extent to which lines of communication can be drawn between leader and citizenry.
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