For my MA Project, I’ve decided to do something based around the hyperreal and gender/social norms projected onto young kids, further exploring how that may be becoming more aggressive as we begin to merge more with the hyperreal over time. I’d like to do this in a documentary form, interviewing people of different genders to see how the media they consumed pushed them into certain hyperrealistic stereotypes, how young they were, and where they are now etc. For example, to see how young boys whose main mode of online interaction was with different video games, how that shapes their perceptions of masculinity today, and what pushed them to get there. Whereas for girls, maybe social media and other gender norms pushed while being a young girl, that could be the reason for certain insecurities or beauty focuses today.
I think the Figures Fashion Show by Rachel Bromberg is similar to what I am going for in terms of documentation. I will have a clear idea of what I am researching and writing about, and therefore ask specific questions pertaining to different genders and their relationship with online communities and norms when they were younger. This is similar to the way this project asked the fashion show participants about their relationship with the male gaze and how being a woman connects with different garments in a critical way.
Sources:
Bromberg, R. Figures Fashion Show. 2023.
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