Thursday, August 18, 2011

Bieber Fever



Original image: Robinson, L. (Art Streiber). (February 2011).
"The Kid Just Has It". Vanity Fair, 606, 99.

In this image, I was trying to shift the obsession of this group of young girl's from teen icon, Justin Bieber, to more intellectual ventures such as nature and the environment. Rather than an obsession with a celebrity, young girls should be passionate about their individual interests and pursuits, whether that be the environment, animals or the world around them in general. To see this level of enthusiasm directed towards a personal interest rather than cultural symbols and icons, would help young girls grow into confident, more worldly citizens.

- Carolyn S.

Clean up the Nursery!



Citation: Original image: National Geographic, p.37 April 2006 Article by Richard Stone, Photographs by Gerd Ludwig “The Long Shadow of Chernobyl"

Silent Nursery

My original image shows the destruction of a kindergarten as a result of a power plant explosion, in Chernobyl. Operators committed errors in a control room of a nuclear power plant resulting in massive explosion. The blast and the lethal radiation killed many people, and demolished the town. In my remix, I cut out a picture of Kermit the Frog from the same magazine. Then, I cut out the shape of the Kermit in the center of the original image and replaced it with him. I glued bright, colorful shiny paper pieces around the edges. The image is now supposed to give the impression of Kermit, inquisitive looking, coming to the nursery to clean up and solve the problem!

Remixed by Lauren Alverson