Visual Rhetoric- Object Outline 3/17

For my visual rhetoric 3-D object, I am going to create a sculpture to go along with my theme of space exploration. In the previous genre analysis assignment, I stated that going back and conquering space will usher in a new age of wealth and opportunity for mankind. The wealth comes from the incredible amount of natural resources in the form of rare elements and materials throughout the cosmos. To illustrate this, the object will be composed of a spaceship rocketing towards a sun with money signs covering its surface. The spaceship will be made out of LEGOs. The ship will be made out of LEGOs to symbolize the fact that many people and efforts need to come together and cooperate in any space faring mission just as the LEGO blocks need to fit together and cooperate to stay together. Any adventure as complex as space travel requires a team effort from many people of different expertise and nationalities represented by the different LEGOs. The sun will consist of a styrofoam orb as the material has a shine to it which is useful in representing a bright star. The orb will be completely covered in yellow and some orange paint to complete the image of a sun. The sun itself will represent the brighter future that humanity is heading towards if we go back to space. A future filled with plenty of opportunities and resources from the new worlds we discover. The orb will then be sporadically covered in dollar signs. I chose dollar signs as this sculpture will be primarily displayed to North Americans of the United States, who are my target audience. They are my target audience as the U.S. is the most capable in spearheading the drive back into space and perhaps the youth that view this object will be inspired to join the movement back into space as engineers or scientists. The dollar signs also represent the wealth in resources that are out there in space waiting for humanity to claim them. Both objects will be perched on metal wire to make the scene more dynamic and interesting.