My manifesto drawing is based on how simple and light hearted children should be, but can't seem to stay. I am in a place in my life that I see how the world is viewed by a child, and I see how much is forced upon them by the social media. I am amazed at how simple and wonderful life looks, and how everything is good in the eyes of a child. Objects seem larger, colors seem brighter, people seem more credible, and emotions seem stronger making life a little more vibrant all around. At the same time, all of their interests and their desires are so sweet, and in the most literal sence, child's play. Unfortunately, the youth of today don't get to be kids anymore. They are bombarded by sex and violence on the majority of programs designed for children, the commercials during those programs, and by the actors who play the characters.
The contemporary society we live in has become too sexual for children because money has become the driving force in everything on TV and radio, and sex sells. The vast majority of advertising is geared towards one demographic; children under the age of 18. They do this in attempts to have them as customers for extended periods of time, and it seems that they know that if kids want something bad enough, most parents today will purchace it for them. Most parents have become lazy and would rather get their kids quiet, than teach them. It is getting out of hand because the kids today don't even want to be kids anymore. They want to dress like Britney Spears, and Hannah Montana, but Britney is an adult woman and a mother (sort of), and Miley is becoming an adult. Girls ages 6 - 13 are trying so hard to act like a girl who is 18 when they don't have the understanding of what they are actually doing.
My manifesto drawing is a digital image includes bits and pieces from children's cartoons that are altered, but still refer the viewer their childhood, and of youth in general. These cartoons are from the artist Tex Avery, who created some of the most popular cartoons in the past, such as Chillie Willie the Penguin. These cartoons were the shaping 'toons for the people who are developing advertising campaigns today, and leading the companies who are deploying the sex filled programing. It seems these characters to have played a big part in how they think about what they are putting out, and now they feel like they have to do them one better.
4 comments:
It is engaging to me that you chose to create your manifesto on a serious political issue, which is that society is making children sexually aware at too young of an age. However, the composition of your image seems to be much more provocative than you realize as it seems to have more of appeal for adults as you have lined the top half with girls as an assembly line which almost desensitizes your point with an overabundance of information.
I agree that many parents today, unfortunately, would rather quiet their children than teach them - and that it is up to them as to what their child(ren) view on TV or hear on the radio. However, it seems that the media certainly is not doing their part to raise "good" kids anymore either. Thus said, is your aim to use these ideals in your art? And to possibly raise awareness through the pieces you create?
I agree with your statement about the world's current environment for growing children. I didn't get a grasp on how this point of view affects your art making practice, or understand what I could take away as an artist for my practice from your manifesto.
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