I brought a moses basket and a stand from a charity shop. I dyed all of the fabric yellow and put messages about gender on it. I did this to accentuate that we place gender stereotypes on our children from the very beginning of their lives, such as when they are in a moses basket. 'Dream Big and Be You Proudly' is taken from my Grow Up Great manifesto. The quote 'To what extent to regulatory practices of gender and division constitute identity?' is from Judith Butler's 'Gender Trouble' I decided to include this as it has been the basis for my practice. For my week 5 exhibition I presented several pieces that I have been working on for my Degree Show. I initially planned to present the grows solely on the rail I had assembled but after some feedback from my peers I decided to present them more inventively on the washing line (after all I am a Visual Merchandiser when I am not at University- so it is important to me to emulate this within my work). At this point in the term I decided to present a taster of what the Grow Up Great shop will be like. I brought lots of different types of plain baby grows and have been dying them bright colours. I have designed the clothing range for my shop to be called 'All Colours For Everyone' which is the fifth point in the Grow Up Great Manifesto. In my group Crit in Week 5 of Spring Term I presented my baby clothing range 'All Colours for Everyone' it was suggested to me that I create a character to be part of my work to give my work more substance.
I came up with Albee the Avocado. I decided that they would be gender neutral (because Avocados do not have a gender!). I decided they would be an avocado to follow on with the theme from my happening where I encouraged people to make avocados with me. I have been updating my followers on Instagram about Albee and presenting them as my child. |
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