Through out this class I've learned that self invention is the invention of one's self while using different scenario's, images and objects. Self invention is how someone express themselves. I've also learned about the male gaze and spectators, and lastly about the world of advertisement. Learning about these things gives you a bigger perspective on the images and art around you.
Social pressure is what makes us into something we're not, media too. We see things on television and want to be like that, "An image is a sight which has been recreated or reproduced. It is an appearance, or a set of appearances, which has been detached from the place and time in which it first made it's appearance and preserved - for a few moments or centuries"(Berger 9,10). We represent ourselves in images the way we want to be perceived, but we may not always be perceived the way we want to be. You could have put something on for comic con or for your birthday, but some one may have deemed it inappropriate or you was seeking attention.
Art and media is a gateway for people to express themselves. Art and media can be a learning tool. Art and media can be an inspiration. Artist Cindy Sherman uses art to express herself in different culture's, aspects, and costumes. She did what she loved to do and people judged her for it. Art and media can teach us that God made us who we are for a reason. They can teach us how to identify ourselves without letting somebody do it for them. "In this way, the cinema has followed contemporary advertising techniques of interpellation and thus reinforces dominant values and ways of seeing, such as using cultural codes for signaling moral characters, personal values, and so on, that often exist in stereo types" (Gaines and Herzog,1990)(Finklestein, 9).
I think we do learn about identity and culture through images, and I'll use Rania as an example when she posted the selfie in her turban and the prayer mat. Also, Janis Maschucci and Cindy Sherman used art to identify themselves through their alter ego's.
We create and share pictures of ourselves everyday to depict a certain reputation about ourselves, to get a certain image but just because that's how we portray it that doesn't mean that's how the male gaze will perceive it.
Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. London, England: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1973. Print
Finkelstein, Joanne. The Art of Self Invention: Image and Identity in Popular Visual Culture.
London: I.B. Tauris, 2007. Print.
Art and media is a gateway for people to express themselves. Art and media can be a learning tool. Art and media can be an inspiration. Artist Cindy Sherman uses art to express herself in different culture's, aspects, and costumes. She did what she loved to do and people judged her for it. Art and media can teach us that God made us who we are for a reason. They can teach us how to identify ourselves without letting somebody do it for them. "In this way, the cinema has followed contemporary advertising techniques of interpellation and thus reinforces dominant values and ways of seeing, such as using cultural codes for signaling moral characters, personal values, and so on, that often exist in stereo types" (Gaines and Herzog,1990)(Finklestein, 9).
I think we do learn about identity and culture through images, and I'll use Rania as an example when she posted the selfie in her turban and the prayer mat. Also, Janis Maschucci and Cindy Sherman used art to identify themselves through their alter ego's.
We create and share pictures of ourselves everyday to depict a certain reputation about ourselves, to get a certain image but just because that's how we portray it that doesn't mean that's how the male gaze will perceive it.
Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. London, England: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1973. Print
Finkelstein, Joanne. The Art of Self Invention: Image and Identity in Popular Visual Culture.
London: I.B. Tauris, 2007. Print.
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