PHOTOGRPHY
How would you like it to happen to you? 2.0
This project offers a playful critique of traditional gender stereotypes in media, aiming to flip the narrative of the male gaze. Through transforming 2D images into 3D forms using found photographic imagery, techniques like photomontage and mechanical mechanisms are employed. Traditional stereotypes perpetuate unequal power dynamics, portraying men as active subjects and women as passive objects. By featuring male nudity, the project subverts this dynamic, inviting female perspectives. Rooted in Dadaism, it confronts conventional artistic norms, with montages designed for seamless repetition. Automated mechanisms symbolize resistance against reductive representations, pulling shapes back into 2D forms, sparking conversation about gender, power, and representation.
How would you like it to happen to you?
This project reflects on the gender positions were men project power and women project physical appearance. I am flipping this narrative in such a way it asks the question 'how would you like it?'. Using found archive images to put men into skirts; recreate the ‘MARILYN MONROE IN THE WHITE DRESS (1954) image' with a male figure. The Images were created by using found archival images transforming the 2D images into 3D form. Using photomontage and sculptures to parody these male figures portraying them as vulnerable and comical subjects. The maquette is interactive and free standing and involves moving parts that viewers can interact with.