Flog the Flock confronts herd mentalities embedded within contemporary sociopolitical discourse—particularly within segments of right-wing, flag-waving rhetoric that silence the rights and freedoms of others. Through a series of bold, irreverent quote posters, the work flogges (provokes and challenges) the dominant narratives that rationality and empathy have failed to penetrate. These posters operate not only as counter-speech, but as alternate routes of redress in contexts where reason falls upon hardened prejudice.
Where Corpora-Scion deconstructs the language of corporate life to expose unspoken frustrations and power dynamics, Flog the Flock similarly deconstructs political language to expose the emotional investments and doctrinal closures at the heart of ideological conformity. Both works use the immediacy of text and image to intervene in speech ecosystems that marginalize dissenting thought or reduce nuanced critique to silence. This shared approach—turning language back on itself to reveal its mechanics of control—turns platforms of suppression into spaces of confrontation, reclamation, and sometimes, sardonic humor.
Corpora-Scion and Flog the Flock both engage language as terrain of power: one within the pressures of corporate conformity, the other within the pressures of ideological conformity. Each uses visual quote-making as a tool of critique, reclamation, and provocation. Where one exposes the unspoken contradictions of workplace culture, the other resists the unchallenged assertions of sociopolitical herd thinking. Together, they map how systems—corporate or cultural—seek to discipline speech, identity, and dissent.
CREATED BY: Stephen Chen | COMPLETED: 07/2015
