"Hacking / Modding / Remixing," curated by Angela Washko, a visiting assistant professor in CMU's School of Art, runs through Feb. 26.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Feminist Voices Heard at the Miller Gallery
"Hacking / Modding / Remixing," curated by Angela Washko, a visiting assistant professor in CMU's School of Art, runs through Feb. 26.
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This article is so intriguing, as I have seen posters for this event all over campus and have yet to figure out exactly what that event is. After reading this article, I am not only eager to see this work, but I am also proud to be surrounding by such influential female art right here at Carnegie Mellon University. I think incorporating technology, which CMU is well known for, as well as feminist movements, which CMU could really use further work on, is a great backbone for an exhibit to have on campus. The article states "Voices from a younger generation of women artists will, hopefully, again select and dissect those images that now dominate mass media. The challenge remains to gain control of this imagery, revealing its hidden agendas and to formulate alternative voices and visions," I hope this exhibit does just that, by exposing male-centered and anti-feminist agendas present in media and our lives today, and replacing them with work that is purely female and purely beautiful.
This is so cool. It always amazes me to hear that something so relevant and ground breaking is being done right here at Carnegie Mellon. I didn't know that right next door there was an awesome movement of women coming together to create relevant work. I like how this exhibit of work clams to focus on technology and how it has oppressed women. My first thought when it comes to technology is certainly not its oppression of women, but after reading this article and reflecting on some of the pieces mentioned, I keep thinking of more and more ways the entertainment industry and technology in general has affected women a societal pressures placed on us. Overall, I think it so cool that right here on campus, there are women who are using their art to turn oppression into narratives of resistance. I am very interested in going to see this collection.
I actually got a chance to visit this gallery this past Thursday, and I must say, that I really liked it starting with the first floor. On the first floor, right when you step in they have this corner, where all these “girl” toys laid around and it was very, VERY pink. In the middle of was a tv will an old remote control, and on the screen was the old Mario platform game, but instead of Mario it was hello kitty, with other environmental things changed to make the game seem softer colored. I really like this piece, because I got very conflicting emotions from it. On one hand, I love it, because I could just sit down and play this old video game, which I found it really fun, because it is Mario (but it wasn’t… the sound was the same, but everything else changed to Hello Kitty), which brings me to my other hand, because felt like I was very much being put into a box. This was clearly a “girl’s” room, and even with the addition of the video game (which is a “boys” thing -_- (that was sarcasm)), it was even changed for a more “girl” suited settings and environmental (though the controls weren’t changed). What annoyed me was the fact the game itself was changed. I mean there is nothing wrong with Hello Kitty, and I find Hello Kitty really cute and enjoyable, and probably in any other circumstance I would felt more excited by it because people do reprogram that game for the character to be…well, whoever they want. But the fact that there was all this… well pink, I kind of felt like I was being forced into this concept or stereotype which doesn’t fit me too well (well, not the adorable and cute part. I love cute things). BUT, I still liked playing the game, which I think could be a comment on marketing and how girls are targeted in a specific way and even when given something that is typical a “boy thing” ( -_-sarcasm), it is altered to “fit” whatever the marketer thinks girls will like or trying to show what girls are supposed to like.
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