Leave a False Name is a thesis that considers the role of public art in the contested formation of community identity.

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Leave a False Name leads with an academic essay that critiques the reciprocal process wherein public art is used to represent cohesive cultural identies in a given locale, and in turn, how community identity crystalizes around a public artwork and the identity of its maker. 

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Leave a False Name then documents a series of public art projects I completed in Providence, Rhode Island.

 

Read the full thesis here.