THE KEVIN EFFECT
I decided to use a photo of people watching a Royal Geographical Society lecture from the Brisbane City Hall in 1946, then overlay it with Kevin Rudd's Creative Commons image from Wikipedia with 50% opacity.
I see this work as a metaphor for the ALP campaign during the 2013 election. They relied on nothing but Kevin Rudd's awesomeness to see them through. Sadly, he was revealed to be a ghost of what he once was, and us, the Australian people, were forced to endure an endless circus put on by Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott for an incredibly condensed campaign trail.
Also, the idea of the 'elephant in the room' being Kevin Rudd is reflected in this image, as he was lurking in the background of every political discussion during Gillard's time as Prime Minister.
I wish I could've used that brilliant photo of Kevin Rudd laughing, but sadly, News Corp owns it.
So I'll link this instead:
Original images can be found at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32605636@N06/4522510980/in/photolist-7TD3Xf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kevin_Rudd_official_portrait.jpg
