Fruit of America

Fruit of America is about comparing the relations between the German fascist regime of the 1930’s and 40’s to what is happening in present day America. This is an interactive art piece. The audience is able to pick up each slice and read additional text on the backside of the slices. Each slice is labeled with a characteristic of fascism. There are many characteristics of fascism, in fact it is hard to define fascism because there is no concrete definition. But there are many characteristics of fascism shared across many of the past and present regimes. However, for this project I am focusing on Hitlers fascist regime because it is most relevant to our political climate today. As we know, history repeats itself, Fruit of America is intended to create awareness about the fascist road America is going down under the presidency of Donald
Trump. You see why it’s an orange…?

My first approach when beginning this project was sourcing scrap wood and materials. I did not want to purchase wood in order to be more sustainable and keep to my morals about upcycling. My project is made of recycled wood and steel. The base of the piece and slices that make up the orange are made of wood. The rim of the piece is made of steel that I bent and welded to fit around the base piece. For the lettering, I used vinyl stickers to get a clean, readable consistent type.