#re-appropriation

[art-mirrors-art]

José Roosevelt - From the other side of the mirror (2004)

An enactment of Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez, as if seen from ‘behind the looking glass’; an allusion to Lewis Carroll’s second book about Alice (though the Rabbit and the Hatter belong to the first story)

[filmpunksystem-blog]

‘WITHNAIL & I REMIX’- TEST RUN

This is the first series of videos I created, in order to test out the idea of using a list of a pre-decided series of events to re-structure a piece of film. In the case of this series of very short videos, the list was: the first time a female character speaks (or in the case of “Withnail & I”, is seen), the first time food is seen, a piece of text is read, someone takes a drink, a door is walked through.

[filmpunksystem-blog]

‘REPULSION REMIX’- TEST RUN

[leroybrownphotos-blog]

'In Voluptas Mors Reformandam' A remake in Lego of a Photograph by Philippe Halsman and Salvador Dali 'In Voluptas Mors' (Voluptuous Death)

[thirdworldproduct]

stop calling yourself with the names and labels branded on you by your oppressors...it's not "re-appropriation", all it does is maintain the skew of power...there is power in names and narratives...

[art-mirrors-art]

Tammera - Morning Meeting with Mirror (2012) - after Christoffer Eckersberg's Morning Toilette

[bansheewhale]

Molding Young Minds

Today, I stored a sign featuring various famous LGBTQ people labeled 'Queer Role Models' in the classroom where my GSA meets.

I was then granted the honor of having a lovely chat with a class of sixth-graders about howyes, Tommy, queer is a very mean wordandyou're right, Makayla,you should tell a teacher if someone uses itbut sometimes people re-appropriate words that are used to hurt them does anyone know what reappropriate means, thank you Lao that's exactly rightso they take those words and use them in a nice way, because that makes the words hurt lessbut you're right, Naya, they are still hurtful if the wrong people use them so that's why you can only use them if you're a part of the group they've been used against, now let's get out our sketchbooks and draw patterns.

All in all, one of the more stressful parts of my teaching experience. And when I say 'teaching', I mean 'assistant teaching a single class'. I do not know how actual real-life teachers do it. I'm molding young minds, for the love of G-d! What if I say the wrong thing and they all end up serial killers, or gay, or gay serial killers? I'M NOT READY FOR THIS KIND OF POWER!!