Advanced Network Art - Project 2

Satire and Social Commentary
of Corporate America

1. In the wake of the collapse of Enron, we will focus this project on portraying and parodying the image created by corporations, no matter how corrupt or mismanaged they may be. Case in point: the Enron site is a stunning example of absurdity with such statements as: "Today, Enron is in the midst of restructuring its business with the hope of emerging from bankruptcy as a strong and viable, albeit smaller, company.
2. To carry out your satirical project, you will create the home page (plus some internal pages) of a Website of a fictitious corporation by designing and constructing its contents based stylistic qualities derived from the corporate world.
3. You may choose to exaggerate the positivist message of the corporation, thus masking its maligned intent, or you may find it appropriate to present your company as shamelessly evil and conspiring, and making no effort to disguise its real intent, your corporation may create an absurd or useless product, or its product may be one that would have no value in the corporate world, such as art and culture!
4. You will design logos, banners, buttons, etc. as you see fit. You may choose to portray your site with elements that convey realism, or blur reality and fiction, or perhaps portray unabashed mockery of corporate culture, politics, and greed.
5. The project is to be completed on 3.12 (3 weeks from today) and presented to the rest of the class.