Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Week 2 Art - The Two Lenses
This piece is the first of an idea I've been trying to develop for a little while, as a commentary of how our society chooses to endorse our view of the world. The idea is that there is a pair of glasses with two lenses, the clear lense and the rose-tinted lense (which we know is about seeing the world in a prettier light. This piece is showing the two versions of the little mermaid. The original story (where she cuts out her tongue) and the Disney version where it is trapped in a beautiful shell (which is far less gruesome.) While that moment in the story doesn't show the endings of story that really shows the way our society wants us to perceive the world (with happy endings and romance) versus the original story (the mermaid dying and becoming sea foam,) but I felt this moment was a good showcase of different values in our society versus that which created the story 100 years ago.
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ReplyDeleteI'm really wanting to play up the contrast, and that is why I was disappointed in the outcome of this piece. But it was freeing to work without worry about my perfectionist norms, that you know I have. So I definitely want to push this further, and I'm keeping my eyes out for more contrasts. As much as I adore the story side of this, I want to move more toward reality in order to bring the point home. To answer your question...we'll see where it goes! I'm hoping to push it further and find more intense subjects.
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