American Newspeak...Please Feel Free is series of 12 “installations for audience participation.” They are comprised of black and white photographs, offset prints (reproductions of the photographs), text on signs, pens, shelves, books (originally with blank pages), and an active audience. Below each photograph there is text on the wall that has instructions/questions to which the viewer may respond. The basic format of these instructions is: a “political” statement followed by text that informed the viewer/participant that if they agreed with the “political” statement, that they could feel free to take one of the offset prints. The "political" statement is also reprinted on the prints but instead of instructing the viewer to take a print if they agree with the text, it states that the person who owns the print agrees with the "political" statement. There is also a sign which requests that anyone who takes a print please explain why in the books provided. The audience response/ writing therefore became part of the art. Both the prints and the books are placed on a shelf which is directly below each photograph and its related text. What is the Proper Way to Display a U.S. Flag?, the last piece in this series, had a real U.S. flag spread on the floor below the shelf and there are no prints for people to take of this piece.