Visual Artist
Projekt A︎︎︎Let boys be feminin
Projekt A︎︎︎Let boys be feminin
The nearly seductive but classy images create lines to leaves enough space for any viewer.
The images partly reflect the notion of the before and the predictable after. A still moment, without a notion creates a imaginative borderline. During production i decided not to show the obvious.
C-Print
(594 x 841 mm)
Each print £1000
edition of 3
In the past, I used to flirt with androgyny by wearing women’s jewellery and clothing but never a dress. To my friends, the notion of a man wearing a dress meant having an extra pair of balls. It seemed essentially perverse. To me it threw questions. Why wasn’t I allowed to be the way i was without being judged?
I grew up around a mostly females around me; as I aged my female friends used to ask for my opinion when dressing up. These women deemed this feminine energy in me an appealing quality because it declared kinship a sense of shared sensitivity – a layer of the androgyny that is present in all of us. Some of our most influential cultural figures such as David Bowie and Prince in particular have straddled this dichotomy for decades.
“He’s got that raunchy thing, almost like a pimp and a bitch all wrapped up in one image – that transvestite thing” Miles David, about Prince’s sex appeal
Readings from the psychotherapist Carl Jung, proof show that anima symbolises the unconscious way which most men repress their sensitivity or what is perceived as their feminine psychological qualities. Animus is the reverse for women.
I grew up around a mostly females around me; as I aged my female friends used to ask for my opinion when dressing up. These women deemed this feminine energy in me an appealing quality because it declared kinship a sense of shared sensitivity – a layer of the androgyny that is present in all of us. Some of our most influential cultural figures such as David Bowie and Prince in particular have straddled this dichotomy for decades.
“He’s got that raunchy thing, almost like a pimp and a bitch all wrapped up in one image – that transvestite thing” Miles David, about Prince’s sex appeal
Readings from the psychotherapist Carl Jung, proof show that anima symbolises the unconscious way which most men repress their sensitivity or what is perceived as their feminine psychological qualities. Animus is the reverse for women.
Western gay culture is obsessed with exaggerated masculine traits. Femininity is predominantly perceived as an unappealing quality, a cancelling- out of hyper-valorized masculine traits, with effemiphobia reaching its natural end-point on the online gay dating circuit with the infamous “No fems” or “Be straight-acting” tags that pop up on most profiles.
In the case of gay men, one could argue that decades or even centuries of stigmatisation have created a culture of conformity fuelled by internalised homophobia. But where does that leave the non “straight acting”. After all to the birth of gay civil rights who kick-started it were transgender, drags and effeminate young men. Now the most outcast members of the gay community! Should they not be our heroes?
Gender roles that have been set by societal norms dictating what types of behaviours are generally considered acceptable, appropriate or desirable for a person based on their sex.
Art forms like vogueing have changed the international perception towards the fem male within the black and latino community during the 80s. Artist of different backgrounds have auditioned humanity to embrace their feminine nature.
In the case of gay men, one could argue that decades or even centuries of stigmatisation have created a culture of conformity fuelled by internalised homophobia. But where does that leave the non “straight acting”. After all to the birth of gay civil rights who kick-started it were transgender, drags and effeminate young men. Now the most outcast members of the gay community! Should they not be our heroes?
Gender roles that have been set by societal norms dictating what types of behaviours are generally considered acceptable, appropriate or desirable for a person based on their sex.
Art forms like vogueing have changed the international perception towards the fem male within the black and latino community during the 80s. Artist of different backgrounds have auditioned humanity to embrace their feminine nature.