Positions Through Iterating – Week 1

METHOD: LAYERING TO DELETE / REDACT / CENSOR

TOPIC: THE MALE GAZE IN ART HISTORY AND ANALYZING AND UNPACKING WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE

MEDIA: SCREEN / BLOCK  PRINTING (NON TRADITIONALLY)

QUESTIONS BEING ASKED

  • CAN I BRING ATTENTION TO THE MALE GAZE IN THESE FAMOUS WORKS THROUGH CENSORSHIP?
  • MAYBE IN THE CONTEXT OF SCREENPRINTING TRADITIONAL CENSORSHIP BECOMES HIGHLIGHTING? (USING TRANSPARENT INKS) 
  • IN FURTHER EXPLORATIONS CAN I BRING IN THE ‘FEMALE GAZE’ IN ART HISTORY?
  • WHAT ARE THESE WORKS EQUIVALENTS DONE BY WOMEN?
  • OVERALL, HOW CAN THE HISTORICAL MALE GAZE BE CHALLENGED USING GRAPHIC DESIGN?

IN PROGRESS – ‘Censoring’ the male gaze using black and florescent ink to simultaneously redact and highlight. Experimenting with outlines and highlighting of contextual clues in the objects in the painting.

FINAL PUBLICATION – Censoring the Male Gaze in 100 iterations


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