I am curious to see how people describe themselves or how they think people describe them. I want to know what words they think relate to their own personality. There are so many words in a dictionary, so I am curious to see why the subject chooses a particular word. Also, I want to see if their image, clothes, or style actually relate with the adjective or contrast based on the biased eyes of society. I want to see how far self-confidence and self respect really go. I really want to help answer or contradict the questions, "Can are whole personality be described in one word? Why do we pick certain words to describe ourselves? What word would be picked for us just based upon our appearance " After picking their word/words out, I am going to take a picture of the person against a white wall. Then I want to put the person's silhouette on the dictionary paper, itself. I am considering taking the person's real picture and framing them to the side to show the answers of the definitions. I am kinda building off of my project where I explored what women do to put makeup on and what appearances mean. However, I feel that this is very different from before. It has a different idea, but the same feeling behind it. Like before, I want to open people's eyes about beauty and what is favored in society.
I need to find two old dictionaries first!!!! That's my first goal and its a lot harder than it looks! Then I will begin taking pictures.
I am excited to see how this turns out. I think it will be an intriguing comparison between the words we use to describe ourselves and physical appearance. When reading your proposal, I was reminded of the piece, "One and Three Chairs" by Joseph Kosuth here...Here, he considers the relationship between a word, a physical object, and a photographic representation.
ReplyDeleteBecause you are dealing with silhouettes, as well as identity, you may enjoy the work of Kara Walker here
As far as old dictionaries go, maybe check local thrift stores!