OUIL401 Context of Practice: Visual Evaluation Shelly Kaur
I thought it would be fun to carry out an experiment as part of my visual investigation. I am going to ask a selection of children (of different ages preferably) to draw a boy, girl, man, woman and what they want to be when they grow up. I am doing this to see if the research I have carried out is true in suggesting that television has affected how children understand the world and society's views on things.
Results collected from experiment showed stereotypical features as well as nonstereotypical features. Analysed these results to see what was most common within children’s drawings.
Drawing very stereotypical males and females in the style of a child. Trying to show the idea that stereotypes are enforced from a young age.
I came across this image by Paul Windle that communicates the same idea that I've been trying to get across. This idea that children should be able to play with whatever toys they wish to regardless of who they're meant for. Why can't boys play with 'girl's toys' and vice versa? IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, IT'S JUST A TOY.
Found something interesting. It is commonly accepted for girls to play with ‘boys toys’, wear ‘boys clothes’ and use male products however boys using anything targeted to girls doesn’t happen as often, and is frowned upon within society/seems wrong. Why is this? Want to show that it can work both ways with my work from here.
Drawing children’s toys with reversed colours.
'The thing that really struck me, working with a classroom full of six-year-olds, was that kids draw without any reservations or inhibitions. They just have fun and are excited about putting their ideas down on paper, about making something tangible with just a marker and their imagination. And if they're young enough, it doesn't matter how primitive or messy their drawings might look. When it comes to drawing, kids are FEARLESS.' - Phil McAndrew
Pattern Pieces: I feel like blue and pink together, along with the images instantly tells you the project is about gendered toys. Also, the blue kind of confuses you into thinking the toys hold the obvious colour for a second before understanding that the colours are the opposite of what is expected.