Apart from that my friend Nadine was nice enough to show me this awesome speech by Joss Whedon the creator of women protagonist characters such as Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly. He’s a firm believer and preacher of gender equality, and his reasons for creating these characters. I’m sure that you’ll find his reason (singular) quite obvious, and he made it too obvious that unfortunately after so many changes in everything that surrounds us… the core notions and beliefs that defines and differentiates the two genders have ceased to change with time and it’s only through creating these characters and feeding them through mass media that perhaps change will gradually begin. So I suppose we haven’t really gotten that far, but it’s nice to see someone else who gives a damn.
Enjoy :)




So there are several items that I want to post here, and finally here I am – I finally got time to show you guys what I’ve been up to. For the sake of promises I’ve had to put aside some other projects and paint my cousin her long awaited painting. Here are some screen shots of the vector drawings.

http://demo.fb.se/e/girlpower/ Here’s another body image campaign called “The ‘Why’ Campaign” made possible by the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs from Stockholm, Sweden. It’s another initiative against media and its effects on body image. In particular they target a younger age group, which emphasizes the urgency of conveyed norms and values in our society. The campaign’s goal is to have the general public question and be critical about mass media, and it tries to do so by allowing viewers to directly email the person in charge with that particular advertisement or media establishment. The concept works on several levels, but has areas of opportunity. It works because by voicing the public’s concerns to that particular person in charge it could possibly have some effects on the next decision he/she will need to make for future campaigns. However, at the same time ad agencies could use those comments against people like me, because it places everyone else in an extremist position with no grey areas to debate upon, or is there? Then of course there are campaigns such as Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/, which directly targets those who are in those extremists positions. It will take more than a realization to transform years of social conditioning into what we define as “real beauty”, and unfortunately standards do exist in our society as they do help maintain social order. Think about how hard it would be for us to get along if we all had different views of what beauty means? Are we then questioning the definition of beauty or the existence of that word?

I want to create a space where I could show the progress and journey of making art. Making art to me (and I’m being subjective here, but heck why not!) is more about the progress and the journey than of the final product.

It’s about the twists and turns, the sweat, the agony and of course the epiphanies. Both are equally vital to an artists’ development, but having all of the above shown in an exhibitionist approach would allow the viewer to truly understand where, who, what, and when the artist gathers her ideas, inspiration and direction. Some of you may feel that it’s taking away from the sense of mystery and awe when finally being able to discover what the artist is communicating through art. Well, at the least I’m showing you where I’m coming from so that we could work together in understanding what I want to say, and I’m sure that it will help you better understand me, and my art, and be able to give me feedback (always welcomed).

Wouldn’t you agree?
I hope that you will enjoy this website just as much I have making it :) You’ll find research material through reading my blogs, some videos, and articles that are free to download and read (I promise they’re good, or else I won’t put them here!)lol.
- Wynne