12/1/2013 0 Comments Progress made over breakThings to be done:
Went to tutoring today and got some further help in narrowing my idea. The main advice was to really think about what I was trying to convey, and that was what led to my break through. What I am trying to say:
The blueprints for how the paper will be divided before being folded into book: labeling style for medical side (labelling on fantasy side will maybe be actually medically accurate or very fantastical):
11/17/2013 0 Comments Thesis of work thus farIn order to have a more coherent composition and so that my work will be more directed in the future, I feel I need to clarify the thesis of my visual book and what certain visual elements are meant to convey. This thesis is particularly developed for the medical side, as it is something that I have mostly drawn inspiration from images, while the Peter Pan side will be more developed after I have personally interpreted the book.
The viewer should step away from the book realizing that, while someone who does not fall into the gender binary is in fact different, this difference does not make them inferior nor a monster, and it also should not have to be scrutinized anymore than the gender of someone who identifies as the gender that they were assigned at birth (cis). The scrutiny will be presented mainly on the medical side, with transparencies and flip up elements over vintage-esque medical illustrations symbolizing prying into a person's identity and privacy. The illustrations can suggest that harm is being caused to the subject with this interaction. Eyes that stare back at the viewer after uncovered, scrutinizing the viewer after the viewer has done so to the subject. This would present the idea that most people are not used to having their identity examined closely and take this for granted, as they are a "default". The viewer should also gather from the book that freedom can be had from fulling expressing oneself outside of the gender binary if this is what a person desires. This is something that I would like to examine more with Peter Pan. The main reason I include this point is because I am often offended by remarks that are meant to be inclusive like "We are all just people" or worse "we're all the same", because I feel that it is important that people are different and it is what makes them so beautiful. Humanity would be very boring if everyone were the same. The fact that people fall outside of what is deemed "normal" or the "default" is not bad, and these people should neither be judged for this nor be forced to assimilate to the "normal" culture. Instead, their differences should be quietly noted and be able to be openly celebrated by themselves. Once again, I will have to search Peter Pan for connections back to this point, and this point may be removed if I feel that there is a more important point to be drawn from this inspiration. Finally, the two sides of the books, while presenting their two separate arguments, also represent a dichotomy similar to that of the gender binary. Currently, I have them flipped from one another so they cannot be reconciled together, and so the figure that floats between the sides while the book is fully opened in its 3D form is uncomfortably stuck. I do want to convey the uncomfortableness of not quite fitting into either category, and I think that it works in my favor that the figure would not be able to fit into either. I will leave it open as to whether I will orient the sides the same way or not later. Perhaps the opposite side also conveys that the entire binary system needs to be dismantled first before those who do not fit into it can be freed. This is a very radical statement, and I 11/15/2013 0 Comments November 15EyesWhile looking up medical illustrations, I noticed some interesting images of eyes. At first I thought that I might have them directed towards the subject, but that seemed a bit obvious. Thinking back to the theme of layering, I realized I could have the viewer pull back layers and uncover and eye that gazed back at them, confronting them with the fact that they have been prying into a private matter. Both of the above images suggest prying into a person's mind. While the hyper-realism of the image on the left is dynamic, I don't believe that it correctly conveys the vintage feel I am striving for. I would prefer if the image on the right were more realistic, or incorporated the brain more. The layout of this image suggests exposure, and the nerves themselves suggest the sensation of pain, along with being more delicate and, in my opinion, more visually appealing than a skull or muscular system |
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