I've been thinking a lot about what N said in relation to me considering my own opinions and concerns as a woman. I don't currently have any nothern straight women within my interviewees. Considering this is something I'm actively interested in, and given that zines were originally intended for reflections of personal experience, I think to put myself into this piece would be justified. It allows me to become as much of a contributor of content as well as the other women, rather than an illustrative curator. I'm still a little worried in regards to the amount of visual work that I've undertaken thus far. I've felt as though I can't start working until I've gotten the photos from my interviewees, but so far none have come in. It's more than a little worrying. I know my practical project synthesises with my essay through the exploration of intersectional feminism as a working practice, and content wise I believe I'm doing that quite well. However when it comes to practical research of this topic through image making, I'm not sure if that's what I want to do.
I don't have an interesting in exploring what Intersectional feminism is through image making. The aim of this project is to SHOW what intersectional feminism is by practicing it. Of course my finals will include illustrative elements, and of course they will be relevant to the discourses I've been exploring. However I feel as though the synthesis of my practical comes from the communication of the content. I almost feel at this stage that the words I'm getting from these women are more important than the images will be; they're the things that are real. I understand this is an illustration module, and my lack of experimental image making thus far could affect my overall grading. But I want this project to be something I'm proud of and for that to happen I have to make sure the content is there before the illustration work is. I know I'm competent at image making, and I'm aiming to create a publication that works in purely black and white to hark back to the origins of female-zines and their photocopied nature, so I know I can create the images fairy quickly. This isn't to excuse a lacking of practical work so far, it's a justification of final image making. Zines are meant to be immediate. They're meant to feel raw and personal and flawed because that's what their content represents. It's not filtered to appeal to a capitalist audience. It's not created to fit a criteria or tick boxes it's created through a need for expression. I'm taking this ideal on board. I want to create this publication because it's something I feel I have to create. I want to do the best I possibly can at communicating these women's issues in a way they feel is an honest reflection of how they're feeling. Each woman I have spoken to has been intelligent. They have been funny and witty and powerful. They're been inspirational and honest and trusting and I want this publication to allow THEM to shine. It's a little infuriating being unable to start practical work as I'm waiting on responses. But the imagery will always come in the end.
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