Wonder Women NOTES  — 31 JANUARY 2010

CONNECTEDNESS – reclaiming identity
Cultural Negotiations

Taking back the experience (whatever that experience may be) – recreate that experience to convey your own sense of community.

XENOPHOBIA – fear of culture that is different from your own. fear of valuing others tradition. judging the differences.

comfort in homogeneous behavior
ignorance of culture causes shameful feelings about self
perception of self through the definitions of others

Education forces sensitivity of ethnicity. Connecting through stereotypes.
Coming out about nationality and how we are interpreting that awareness.

QUESTION:
How does your work transcend cultural / physical boarders? How you identify self..
Find one artist of a different background. Japan. Come up with 2 questions that you would ask.

Document artistic process.
Art of negotiation.
The emotion you draw from your project, the emotion you want to convey will dictate the medium and presentation.
Organic Installation.
Design as a means of solution. Function vs aesthetic.
Material plays a very specific role in defining your project.