Fascist rhetoric did not disappear. Propaganda evolved into movies and advertisements for enlisting. The symbols, visual systems, and persuasion tactics of authoritarian regimes have been recycled into contemporary media and political movements, often going unrecognized because most people were never taught to see them. Museums treat fascism as history, I wanted to bring it back into the spotlight.

Recognition is a problem. The gap was lack of information but a lack of legibility. Students, academics, and the general public all needed the same thing: a visual and critical framework that connects past tactics to present patterns in a way that is impossible to ignore. The exhibition format, immersive and confrontational by nature, was the right container for that argument.

Echoes of Power was designed as an exhibition that refuses to be comfortable. The visual identity and spatial design draw deliberately from the aesthetics of authoritarian propaganda, recontextualizing those systems to expose their mechanics rather than repeat them. Print media, digital components, and exhibit layout work together to build a continuous argument across every surface. The experience is built for two audiences simultaneously: the academic who wants rigorous analysis and the general visitor who needs accessible entry points. The goal was never a shock for its own sake. It was clear. Power leaves traces. This exhibition makes them visible.