Rex Haragan is the creator of the Chainsaw Chicken™ project, an independent visual satire experiment that combines character-driven humor, surreal logic, and commentary on modern culture.
The Chainsaw Chicken™ project was developed as an independent creative work exploring identity, perspective, and absurdity through a distinctive character and evolving digital storytelling.
Chainsaw Chicken™ Project Expansion
Chainsaw Chicken™ is a long-running digital satire project created by Oregon artist Rex Haragan. The work combines photo-composite imagery with narrative commentary to explore culture, history, politics, and everyday assumptions through a recurring character placed in unexpected situations.
Rather than functioning as a traditional editorial cartoon, Chainsaw Chicken™ uses visual distortion and narrative juxtaposition to challenge familiar ideas and provoke reflection. The project has developed independently over many years and now exists as a growing body of visual satire published through ChainsawChicken.com™.
The proposed project will support the development of a new curated series of Chainsaw Chicken™ works exploring contemporary social themes through visual satire. Funding will allow time for research, image development, and narrative writing, resulting in a cohesive body of new pieces intended for digital publication and potential exhibition.
In addition to producing new work, the project will expand public engagement by sharing the creative process behind satire through online commentary and discussion. The goal is to invite viewers to examine how humor, exaggeration, and absurdity can reveal deeper truths about cultural assumptions.
This next phase will strengthen the project as an evolving body of independent visual commentary while making the work more accessible to a broader public audience.
Independent Creative Work
Over the course of his career, Rex Haragan has worked across multiple areas of media and digital publishing, including multimedia development, web design, promotional storytelling, and independent online projects.
This background influenced the development of Chainsaw Chicken™ as a flexible satire project able to exist across images, short written pieces, commentary, and evolving online formats.
The Origins of Chainsaw Chicken™
Chainsaw Chicken™ emerged from the idea that a character with complete confidence in an unusual self-understanding could expose the strange contradictions of modern culture.
The character appears to be a man wearing a rubber chicken mask. However, within the logic of the project, Chainsaw Chicken™ believes he was simply born that way. This difference between appearance and belief forms the central engine of the satire.
A Character Built on Perspective
Rather than functioning as a traditional comic or novelty character, Chainsaw Chicken™ operates through perspective. The humor arises from the collision between the character’s certainty and the expectations of the world around him.
This allows the project to comment on culture, media habits, social behavior, and everyday absurdities without relying on conventional punchline humor.
Independent Digital Publishing
The Chainsaw Chicken™ project developed outside traditional publishing structures. It exists primarily as a digital project where the character can evolve through visual storytelling, commentary, and experimental satire.
This independence allows the work to respond to cultural moments while maintaining a consistent creative voice.
The Continuing Project
Chainsaw Chicken™ continues to develop as an evolving satire experiment. The project blends humor, identity, and commentary while remaining open to new forms of storytelling.
Like many independent creative works, it grows gradually through persistence, experimentation, and a commitment to original voice.
Related Pages
ChainsawChicken.com
About the Project
The Meaning of Chainsaw Chicken
Why Chainsaw Chicken Matters
Grant Portfolio