Summary
Fe_male explores gender stereotypes and roles through the interaction of typically inanimate objects through stop-motion animation. Artists who have informed this piece are Miranda July and Alex Bag; specifically, scenes from Miranda July's film Me and You and Everyone We Know and the Alex Bag Untitled piece we viewed in class.
My intention with this piece has been to imitate mine and other's preconcieved ideas about gender roles and stereotypes and mock them through the interaction of these objects. The viewer should question their ideas through viewing the video. The final segment of the video "Crossing the Line" is representative of several conclusive ideas:
1) That just because I have created these scenes does not make the ideas behind them true...that we create our own meaning, our own roles and stereotypes
2) Visually, it is symbolic. We are constantly, in contemporary times, questioning our role and crossing the line that has been "defined". The pink tool set is supposed to represent the merging of male and female, the tool set being a typically a male dominated object, and the pink color which is (again, stereotypically) female.
The art in this project lies in the creation of the video, but also in this blog. By soliciting lj-users to pay attention to fe_maleblog, I have brought people and ideas together to discuss issues. This has aided in my development in the video, but more importantly, it has created a small community of bloggers to discuss ideas that perhaps have not been directly approached before.
The most important thing that I feel I've learned from this project is that there is still a lot more TO learn. That is why I intend to continue this blog and possibly create additional shorts in the future.
My intention with this piece has been to imitate mine and other's preconcieved ideas about gender roles and stereotypes and mock them through the interaction of these objects. The viewer should question their ideas through viewing the video. The final segment of the video "Crossing the Line" is representative of several conclusive ideas:
1) That just because I have created these scenes does not make the ideas behind them true...that we create our own meaning, our own roles and stereotypes
2) Visually, it is symbolic. We are constantly, in contemporary times, questioning our role and crossing the line that has been "defined". The pink tool set is supposed to represent the merging of male and female, the tool set being a typically a male dominated object, and the pink color which is (again, stereotypically) female.
The art in this project lies in the creation of the video, but also in this blog. By soliciting lj-users to pay attention to fe_maleblog, I have brought people and ideas together to discuss issues. This has aided in my development in the video, but more importantly, it has created a small community of bloggers to discuss ideas that perhaps have not been directly approached before.
The most important thing that I feel I've learned from this project is that there is still a lot more TO learn. That is why I intend to continue this blog and possibly create additional shorts in the future.