| Utilizing photography and video, my work documents and ironizes the ubiquity of American, media culture. |
| If the audible words of the son convey one message, the discernible pulse of his utterance untethers the youth's authority and ironizes his utterance. |
| At the same time, the news text ironizes the local government for hypocrisy towards the central government. |
| These few examples of works that variously combine text and image reveal how the work pressures and ironizes the image from within. |
| In this way, the poem both enacts and ironizes the solace of authentication. |
