Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Louise Orwin

LOUISE ORWIN IS AN ARTIST-RESEARCHER WHO DISPLAYS HER WORK IN A VERY POWERFUL WAY . SHE PERFORMANCES HER PROJECTS WHICH I THINK IS A VERY GOOD IDEA CONSIDERING IT IS VERY HARD NOW DAYS TO GET SOMETHING INTO HEADS OF TODAY'S YOUNG POPULATION. WE WERE ABLE TO SEE ON OF HER PROJECTS CALLED 'PRETTY OR UGLY'. THIS PROJECT BASICALLY IS ABOUT SHOWING PEOPLE HOW POWERFUL AND BAD INTERNET IS GETTING. IT IS ABOUT TEENAGE GIRLS POSTING VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE ASKING PEOPLE TO RATE THEIR LOOKS. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE HOW YOUNG THEM GIRLS ARE. SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE 12 OR 13. WHEN I WAS THEIR AGE I WOULD NEVER EVER THINK ABOUT EVEN DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHY WOULD YOU CARE WHAT STRANGERS THINK ABOUT YOU ANYWAY? EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT AND PRETTY IN THEIR OWN WAY. WHY WOULD IT EVEN MATTER WHAT SOMEONE LOOKS LIKE? I PERSONALLY THINK THAT PERSONALITY IS MUCH MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN LOOKS.  THROUGHOUT THE SHOW SHE SHOWED US AN EXPERIMENT SHE DID ON A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN TALK TO STRANGERS WITH YOU WEB CAMERA ON. SHE WAS TALKING TO LOTS OF PEOPLE AND TO VERY SINGLE ON OF THEM SHE HAVE PUT THINGS LIKE 'YOU'RE 3/10, OR YOU'RE UGLY' AND YOU COULD SEE PEOPLES REACTION WHICH SHOWS HOW MUCH PEOPLE ACTUALLY CARE WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING. SOME OF THEM WE'RE FINISHING THE CONVERSATION, SOME OF THEM WERE LAUGHING AND MAKING A JOKE OUT OF IT. I THINK THAT THE WAY INTERNET IS GOING NOW IS VERY BAD AND HORRIBLE. HOW MANY TIMES WE READ ON INTERNET OR NEWSPAPER THAT SOMEONE KILLED THEIR SELF BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS SAYING HORRIBLE STUFF ABOUT THEM OR WAS MAKING RUMOURS ABOUT THEM AND THEY JUST COULD NOT HANDLE IT. I THINK THAT PARENTS OF SUCH A YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE MORE INTERESTED ABOUT WHAT THEIR CHILD IS DOING ON INTERNET. HER PERFORMANCE AT THE START WAS A BIT AWKWARD BUT THE IT GOT BETTER. AT THE END OF IT SHE ASKED PEOPLE WEATHER SHE WAS UGLY OR PRETTY WHICH I THINK WAS GREAT BECAUSE COMMUNICATION WITH THE AUDIENCE AS AN PERFORMANCE ARTIST IS IMPORTANT. THE PERFORMANCE REALLY OPENED OUR EYES ON WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW DAYS.

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