Traditionally crafted handmade quilt offers a context unseen before for the brands collated here, all of which form part of our collective unconcious.
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*Date of Design*
2005
*Size*
2000 mm L, 1540 mm W
*Material*
Cotton and polyester
*Edition*
10
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*American Comfort Quilt*
by Joel Yatscoff & Bradley Price
This handmade art piece, a limited series of ten, includes 58 logos of mass-market retailers, fast food chains and other corporations that participate in the creation of the contemporary North American identity and condition. Iconic North American brands such as these have given both comfort and identity, yet we feel ambivalent or even negative toward their hegemony over our cultural and economic landscape. It is the problematic balance between familiarity and alienation which this quilt seeks to examine.
With today's increasingly fractured social fabric, it is now brands that give us a feeling of collective identity, heritage, and continuity, gradually taking over the role that family and cultural heritage once held. Our identities are no longer defined by our ancestors and our traditions so much as by multinational corporations who shape our personas through advertising and product placement. The traditional American quilt serves as a living family document, surrounding us both physically and emotionally with the events and the people who came before us. This quilt forces us to question the cultural legacy we are passing along to the next generation.
Joel Yatscoff states, “…this is a very topical product that questions the effects of consumerism in North America. Has this behaviour, and the associations people wish to have with corporate brands so habitual, the American Comfort Quilt is the cherished product to provide warmth and comfort during a chilly evening?”
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*Recent Press*
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<img src="http://static1.shopify.com/s/files/1/0016/6442/files/010208_Azure.jpg" height="150" border="0">
January 2008,<a href="http://citizen-citizen.myshopify.com/blogs/press/450632-2008-january-feburary-azure-magazine">*Azure*</a>
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<img src="http://static2.shopify.com/s/files/1/0016/6442/files/100808_The.jpg" height="150" border="0">
January 2008,<a href="http://citizen-citizen.myshopify.com/blogs/press/450622-2008-january-the-magazine">*THE Magazine*</a>
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<img src="http://static1.shopify.com/s/files/1/0016/6442/files/ACQ_core77.jpg" height="150" border="0">
November 2007, Core77
<p>Traditionally crafted handmade quilt offers a context unseen before for the brands collated here, all of which form part of our collective unconcious. <br /><br>
<strong>Date of Design</strong><br />2005</p>
<p><strong>Size</strong><br />2000 mm L, 1540 mm W</p>
<p><strong>Material</strong><br />Cotton and polyester</p>
<p><strong>Edition</strong><br />10<br /><br><br /><br>
<strong>American Comfort Quilt</strong> <br />by Joel Yatscoff & Bradley Price</p>
<p>This handmade art piece, a limited series of ten, includes 58 logos of mass-market retailers, fast food chains and other corporations that participate in the creation of the contemporary North American identity and condition. Iconic North American brands such as these have given both comfort and identity, yet we feel ambivalent or even negative toward their hegemony over our cultural and economic landscape. It is the problematic balance between familiarity and alienation which this quilt seeks to examine.</p>
<p>With today’s increasingly fractured social fabric, it is now brands that give us a feeling of collective identity, heritage, and continuity, gradually taking over the role that family and cultural heritage once held. Our identities are no longer defined by our ancestors and our traditions so much as by multinational corporations who shape our personas through advertising and product placement. The traditional American quilt serves as a living family document, surrounding us both physically and emotionally with the events and the people who came before us. This quilt forces us to question the cultural legacy we are passing along to the next generation.</p>
<p>Joel Yatscoff states, “…this is a very topical product that questions the effects of consumerism in North America. Has this behaviour, and the associations people wish to have with corporate brands so habitual, the American Comfort Quilt is the cherished product to provide warmth and comfort during a chilly evening?”<br /><br><br /><br>
<strong>Recent Press</strong><br /><br><br /><img src="http://static1.shopify.com/s/files/1/0016/6442/files/010208_Azure.jpg" height="150" border="0"><br />January 2008,<a href="http://citizen-citizen.myshopify.com/blogs/press/450632-2008-january-feburary-azure-magazine"><strong>Azure</strong></a> <br /><br><br /><img src="http://static2.shopify.com/s/files/1/0016/6442/files/100808_The.jpg" height="150" border="0"><br />January 2008,<a href="http://citizen-citizen.myshopify.com/blogs/press/450622-2008-january-the-magazine"><strong>THE Magazine</strong></a> <br /><br><br /><img src="http://static1.shopify.com/s/files/1/0016/6442/files/ACQ_core77.jpg" height="150" border="0"><br />November 2007, Core77</p>2008-07-23T16:42:16-07:00american-comfort-quilt2610482Quilt2008-07-23T16:42:16-07:00American Comfort Quilt2008-11-03T19:00:49-08:00Price Yatscoffprice-yatscoff2008-07-23T16:42:16-07:00manual22685853962shopifycontinue1Default14900.002610482PY_ACQDefault2008-11-03T19:00:49-08:002008-07-23T16:42:16-07:006538862126104822008-11-03T19:00:49-08:00http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0016/6442/products/American_Comfort_Quilt_1.jpg?12330975772008-07-23T16:42:16-07:006538882226104822008-11-03T19:00:49-08:00http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0016/6442/products/American_Comfort_Quilt_2.jpg?12330975772008-07-23T16:42:16-07:006538892326104822008-11-03T19:00:49-08:00http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0016/6442/products/American_Comfort_Quilt_3.jpg?1233097577