Project # 7: De-constructing Stereotypes
Discussion Question:
Show Cindy Sherman black and white “Untitled film still # 21”, 1978 and Barbara Kruger “We won’t Play Nature to Your Culture”, 1983.
Discuss the role of advertisement and socially constructed differences between sexes.
Activity:
Look through popular magazines, cut and paste examples to support arguments and questions into a poster board and present to peers.
Show Yasumasa Morimura Self-Portrait/White Marilyn, 1996 and discuss post national and post gendered identity.
Talk about basic principles of lighting and how the direction of light affects a subject's appearance in photographs.
Activity:
Have students, in groups of 3 or 4, dress up, pose and photograph each other with the intent of deconstructing stereotypes.
Materials: poster board, magazines, dress up clothing, fabrics, camera, hair and makeup materials
Assessment: How well students are able to explore their own identity in relationship to culturally constructed stereotypes. How complex are the statements visually created by students.
Discussion Question:
- How does culture influence self-awareness and identity?
- How can artists address and reveal stereotypes, self-awareness and portraiture?
Show Cindy Sherman black and white “Untitled film still # 21”, 1978 and Barbara Kruger “We won’t Play Nature to Your Culture”, 1983.
Discuss the role of advertisement and socially constructed differences between sexes.
- How does Barbara Kruger confront the expectations that advertisement poses on women?
- What is Cindy Sherman’s objective when photographing herself in poses of perplexed young, helpless characters? (Stokstad, 2005).
Activity:
Look through popular magazines, cut and paste examples to support arguments and questions into a poster board and present to peers.
Show Yasumasa Morimura Self-Portrait/White Marilyn, 1996 and discuss post national and post gendered identity.
Talk about basic principles of lighting and how the direction of light affects a subject's appearance in photographs.
Activity:
Have students, in groups of 3 or 4, dress up, pose and photograph each other with the intent of deconstructing stereotypes.
Materials: poster board, magazines, dress up clothing, fabrics, camera, hair and makeup materials
Assessment: How well students are able to explore their own identity in relationship to culturally constructed stereotypes. How complex are the statements visually created by students.
