Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw
909 Solo Cups
2018
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The 909 solo cups, at first glance, resemble a scene of a riotous frat party, but actually portrays the Jonestown massacre led by the charismatic cult leader Jim Jones. The 909 cups found at Jonestown, containing kool-aid spiked with poison, was the horrific final scene of a utopian religious community that moved to the jungle in Guyana.