I have selected to follow the written stimulus; reductive process. This is the process of carving, incision or the removing of material. In the exam paper it states; produce a response to this process to reflect aspects of the world we live in today.
In terms of investigating the current world, I want to look at how we stereotype different groups and I want to portray how we should be challenging these stereotypes. Many people have challenged stigmas such as racism and sexism, but I wish to uncover the stereotypes surrounding both women and men. I think that it is important to women when it comes to the workplace and it is equally important to focus on men when it comes to displaying emotion. I think that pursuing the male theme will be most interesting, especially with there being a lot of current advertisements based around this topic. For example, the Army's new campaign is all about men being able to display their emotions and the acceptance of doing so. I also think this is important so that common illnesses like PTSD can be targeted as soon as possible. Additionally, I looked back through the artwork that I produced in my first year doing the Fine Art course. I was particularly interested in the influence that being in the military can have on personnel in terms of identity, stereotyping and emotion. I am going to investigate this further and so I have chosen to use some of the sketchbooks that I filled during this time to act as a stimuli to explore the reductive process. This military theme is personal to me as many of my family have or are serving in the British Armed Forces.
However, speaking in a wider sense, men are stereotypically known for not showing their emotion or upholding a masculine image of strength and power. I want to try to portray how a man can be emotional whilst still being masculine. I want to try to reflect how having emotions isn't a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength as it shows how you can reason with and tackle your own thoughts.
However, speaking in a wider sense, men are stereotypically known for not showing their emotion or upholding a masculine image of strength and power. I want to try to portray how a man can be emotional whilst still being masculine. I want to try to reflect how having emotions isn't a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength as it shows how you can reason with and tackle your own thoughts.
After brainstorming a few words related to the reductive process, I have come to a starting point of where my experiments will develop from. These words were, stencil, papercut, emotion and music. To link these words together I am going to take inspiration from Paloma Faith's -Crybaby which highlights how men should feel that they can express their emotions to others without feeling judged. Paloma Faith is an artist that I listen to regularly and her messages in her songs are very powerful in terms of covering today's societal issues. As I often listen to her music, I am going to include her Crybaby lyrics in my experiments to be able to explore my chosen theme of sterotyping more.
To investigate emotion using the reductive process I could portray the lack of emotion that men reveal by removing sections of a composition to reflect an emptiness.
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