I think that Allie's idea of personal style and personal traits is very interesting and something that I often find myself thinking about. Sometimes when I'm just sitting in class or just walking around, I look at peoples style of clothes and try to understand them as a person. I like trying to figure out a persons personality merely by their appearance, which may be slightly judgmental, but I find it interesting. I think that Allie has a wide potential of areas that she can take this project, but really enjoy the idea of having it interactive as a webpage.
An idea that would be interesting to me for this project would be to look at many different styles and try to depict the personal traits that are connected with such styles. Also taking a deeper look into personality and more personal traits would be interesting to see how it's linked with style. The idea of what provokes people to have a certain way of dressing is also something that would be neat to know. People's identity can often be nearly revealed by personal style, which can tell alot about someone by just appearance. This can also be the complete opposite as well, in which a person will dress conservatively but their personality is actually outgoing and more on the wild side. I think it would be interesting if Allie made the webpage interactive for the viewer to be able to reveal different styles amongst different personal traits. The viewer could almost make the page as if it's a guessing game to try and reveal the identity just by merely looking at the appearance or clothing.
I am also interested to see which direction Allie takes for her project and the idea for an interactive website would be a really good idea! It would be a great way to involve the viewer in her art piece.
ReplyDeleteWhen you talk about looking at people's clothes and trying to figure out what their personality is like, as well as being slightly judgmental, it reminds me of that saying, "don't judge a book by it's cover." Unfortunately, society has put such an emphasis on our exterior appearance, that we can't not judge someone based on how they are dressed. At the k-12 school level, kids are even more caught up in the hassle of trying to buy designer clothing to "fit in". I think as artists we can better understand the importance of personal expression. The teacher side of me wishes that art was valued more in the school systems than it actually is to possibly help this flaw in the system.
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