Pictured above: Julia Wingle (right), a senior marketing major, converses with Robert Dennard III, one of the contributing artists for the latest exhibit called “CONSPIRACY,” at the MIZE Gallery.
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By Katlynn Mullins
The Mandela Effect. 9/11 cover-ups. Demonic possession.
Going to MIZE Gallery on the first Friday in March felt like a fever dream with all those concepts present.
It was already a chilly night, but a giant alien head and Hillary Clinton’s face on pepperoni pizza made a person feel even more tingly.
People filled local artist Chad Mize’s studio space on the 600 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Street to grab a glance at the space’s latest gallery, “CONSPIRACY.”
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Each artist created pieces based on a specific conspiracy theory.
“Lizard People” was one example, with lizard humanoids seated around a table, smoking cigars and drinking.
According to its nameplate, these reptilian creatures have “appeared in mythology, folklore, fiction and conspiracy theories.”
“Hillary” claimed that Clinton is, in fact, a “blood-drinking extraterrestrial lizard in disguise.”
Clinton’s face was also featured in that nightmarish pizza portrait — a nod to the equally nightmarish 2016 conspiracy, “Pizzagate,” involving her campaign chairman, a hacked email account, pizza and human trafficking.
A giant wooden alien head, “ET,” representative of the exhibit’s theme, hung on the back wall.
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Caddy corner was “Moon Landing,” a seemingly innocent picture of an astronaut landing on the moon, but the theory it depicted told otherwise.
“Moon landing conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo program and the associated Moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA, possibly with the aid of other organizations,” read its nameplate.
As you made your way to the right of the wooden alien, a golden pyramid jutted out from the wall.
The mixed media piece depicted one of the most recognizable theories, aptly named “Illuminati/New World Order.”
The New World Order was represented by a pyramid with an eye atop its peak — like the one you’d see on a dollar bill. To quote the nameplate, was indicative of a “secretive power elite with a globalist agenda (that) is conspiring to eventually rule the world through an authoritarian world government.”
Do you feel like you’ve been living in a lie yet?
Do you think this entire story is fake?
Do you want to see for yourself?
You can view the exhibit at 689 Dr. M.L.K. Jr. St. N through March. Its hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays. Admission for the exhibit is free.
