WeEk ThReE !

Boy have I got lots to talk about! Today in class, we looked at phone-art and even attempted to create our own works. I tried making a spiral-text-poem, titled Stolen & Still. But when it came to sending it to my phone, things didn't really work out =[ I did, however, find a really cool phone video series, Roaming Sweets on the Portable Worlds site. The videos are titled, Sweet Seat, Sweet Suite, & Walled Garden by Anita Bacic & Natalie Woodlock. These pieces relate really well with the style of work that I'm wanting to produce, as the artists have used dolls & created a very playful world =] It is so cute! Check it out!
http://portableworlds.anat.org.au/artists/anita-bacic-natalie-woodlock.php

Roaming Sweets is a series of three stop-motion animations created on a mobile phone to be viewed on a mobile phone, delivered as episodes in the life of Luli the doll. Roaming Sweets is a sweet-meet between new digital technologies and the cult of the handmade. Crochet, icing, sweets, cake and cardboard are materials used in each animation. Flowers come alive when Luli walks past and her furniture dances when she’s not looking. The animations capture an enchanting, miniature child-like world full of magic and marvel made ready for connections in a new mini high-tech world.

As for my final piece, I've been doing a lot of research on Blythe dolls, to use in my movie. Blythe was created in the 70's, but didn't really take-off, as parents found her to creepy looking for their kids to play with. But she's back, more popular than ever! Very cute & creepy! I'm currently hunting down a Blythe doll on eBay. Wish me luck.

http://www.thisisblythe.com/
I want my work to convey that girls and young women today are programmed from a young age to be pretty & perfect - nothing less! I am going to achieve this by capturing a young woman copying everything her perfect, little Blythe doll does. The woman will also look doll-like, & it will be set in a very Alice-in-Wonderland-like tea-party. This is going to be a snap-shot film. One that I am very excited about! XxX