BTW

My background is a piece of art titled Untitled (The Days Of this Society Is Numbered) by Rirkrit Tiravanija, 2008

Super Misogyny Clouds

Went to barbican yesterday, to visit the Laurie Anderson, Gordon matta-Clark and Trisha Brown exhibition. It was full of very inspirational performance art.
While i was there though, i ventured into The Curve, an OxBow shaped room that stretches about 100metres and exhibits art free to the public. Beat The Champ by Cory Arcangel was there - a really cool display of bowling videogames all rigged at the controllers to throw gutterballs every time.
 I started researching Arcangel today, and started with a video of the work that made him "first come to prominance", Super Mario Clouds (2002-present). At the top of the comment list, under 'most liked' comments on Youtube, someone writes "Any work made by men can be considered as art". What the hell does this even mean?...

Besides, it's clever, but ultimately very boring....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkkJaqBbXV8

Do I need to give you evidence, really??!

This is just a quick reminder to all my friends who think women and men are equal nowedays. This made me nearly vomit.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2007269,00.html

Lipstick and Blood

It's not much, but i've found a piece of feminist art created by a man. Cuban artist José Gómez Fresquet painted Lipstick and Blood around 1970. He is not what i'm looking for, a male artist whose sole ethos is feminism, but its a point in the right direction.

"Originally created as an antiwar statement in solidarity with Vietnamese women, the piece makes a connection between the objectification of women and the violence to which they are subjected. Issues of race and class also come into play as Fresquet juxtaposes the two women as worlds apart through their different features and shades of skin"


this was found on a website that i'll no doubt be using again, http://www.thedailyfemme.com/femme/tag/male-feminist-art/


Ciao!!

EUREKA!!! - My statement of intent and 'Question'

Ok, so i need to come up with a question for my FMP. This is the question i'll be spending the several weeks answering. I also need to write my statement of intent...

my question will most probably be: Does man and woman play the same role in feminism?..

I'll get back to you on the statement thing!

I found a hardcopy of this in a scrap paper bin at college...
Eureka! Magazine - The Science of Sexism - Exploring sexism in jobs in science
Unfortunately i cant post a link because i'd have to subscribe, and pay money just for the link!! but heres a pic of the cover...

GOT IT!!

I've decided on my FMP. The working title is this - 'Exploring Man's Role in Feminism'.

This is something i'm very passionate about, as a proud feminist. It's kind of a rhetorical/redundant experiment as i already know the answer - mans role is the same as women's (obviously). But thats cool.

 I chose it because of personal experience. The amount of my moronic male 'friends' who've verbally attacked me after i've defended women/feminism is crazy!!

I've already got a few books on the subject:

Full Frontal Feminism by Jessica Valenti, SCUM Manifesto by Valerie Solanas, Girls To The Front by Sara Marcus and The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer.

Plus i'm thinking of looking at the Bechdel Test in movies and looking at feminist poetry (like Carol Ann Duffy)

YEAH!

FMP Theme - Hmmmm?...

Hi!!!

This blog's a kind of online diary that runs alongside my final major project.
I don't really know what to do my FMP on. I was thinking of the theme Aspiration?.. I mean, there's a lot i can do with that, but it might be too broad so i'd have to home in on something.. Or maybe Conflict... It's very relevant at them moment (kinda always is..) and it's pretty much limitless. My last idea was to chose a title that would require me to look at feminism - as it's something i believe quite strongly in...
I'll keep you posted!
Ciao!