Two Worlds Collide

With Aziz Cucher I get a sense that his work is done to exemplify what the end of the lecture was about. Not only are the faces in dystopia not completely recognizable, but they are also distorted in a way that makes them almost ugly or scary looking. I believe that this was done as a type of movement to say that people don’t look the way they look in media…..in person. Basically it seems as if he’s smeared eyes mouths and other sections of the head to make people more uniform. Human is human basically. Ummm, I also believe that Aziz’s work has to do conformity or something like it. Everyone has a mouth eyes and ears, maybe his work has to do with bringing people down to a level that they are all now recognizable as the same life forms?

*Ok, so manipulated digital images. Who isn’t guilty of it in this generation. How many people have you met from mysapce or some other social networking site that actually look the way they do on their page? The answer for me is nearly no one. I believe that this stems from how people naturally interact and want to be perceived. I can say with not much doubt that most people want to be liked (or considered attractive). So when selecting pictures, do they select the pictures where they feel they look the best or worse? In my opinion people want to look good so they’re going to select pictures that they feel they look good in. From there, people with the know how would probably color correct the image which would be a form of digital manipulation and then begin to tweak themselves if they feel it needs it. This is hit basically head on in the lecture in that our examples (magazines, TV etc.) has been polluted with celebrities and people who don’t look how they look in their photo shoots or movies. I guess the sting of it is that newer generations are beginning to think that this is the only way…..they can’t see that it’s fake and thus not real. This is a shame because it’s leading to people seeing themselves as inadequate or not perfect the way they are now. It’s about compromise and if you can’t love yourself the way you are…..in the end your just a conformist. HAVE BIGGER BOOBS, BE SKINNY OR DIE. Basically. It’s a joke and I feel people need to spend less time with this pop culture crap and reality tv, and realize that there is more ways than just the “cool” or popular way. Bottom line these examples put up on tv etc. are changing our society to expect people to look sound and act a certain way. To me this isn’t healthy. All that being said, I’m definetly guilty of some of these things, even envious at times, but I believe that the fact that I can recognize it helps me to sort of break the trend or at least see what’s really going on rather than….OBEY or something of that nature. (sorry, this was my rough draft just to get my ideas out……could be better, my apologies)