Politics As Usual · R. Luke DuBois

Politics As Usual showcases R. Luke DuBois' inaugural solo gallery presentation, debuting his "Hindsight is Always 20/20" series. The exhibition examines American political discourse through vision metaphors, rendering State of the Union addresses as Snellen-style eye charts. Words appear ordered by frequency—most common at top, least at bottom—revealing each presidency's distinctive lexicon and historical context. Forty-three letterpress prints, one for each president who delivered a State of the Union address, were displayed alongside outdoor light box installations. A concurrent work, SSB, employs a soprano's national anthem recording digitally stretched across four years (one election cycle), creating an "electoral clock" with microtonal qualities reminiscent of Islamic call-to-prayer sounds. The series was also displayed across Denver, Minneapolis, and Philadelphia.