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gorillagirlsStephanieSeaver

The Guerilla Girls presentation on Wednesday night, called to my attention some very strong feminist points of view that this group, along with many other women hold. I am a woman, so I can understand where the Guerilla Girls are coming from with a lot of their opinions, although I do not totally agree with them all.

As the Guerilla Girls presentation applies to the studio and our CPS course, I found that they make “art” that causes the viewer to think and ask questions. Their art generally consists of text that the viewer reads. They are sarcastic and humorous in their opinions, and this is the manner they choose to get their message across. Images of half-women, half-gorillas, are also ramped in their work, which is a play on art and art history. They do a lot of writing, which again helps to spread their points of view around society.

When I think about the Guerilla Girls and their images and the meanings they convey, I think the girls do a great job at portraying their thoughts and opinions. They make interesting images that are plays on other famous images that most of society would easily recognize. For example, they made a “Women’s Homeland Terror Alert System” that closely resembles the Homeland Terror Alert System. The Guerilla Girls revised terror alert system plays off the real alert system, using it as a basis to poke fun at The President of Our United States, George W. Bush.

What I did not see from this presentation is how the Guerilla Girls is doing anything concrete that is helping to further women’s and people of colors place in society. They are brining up a lot ways that our society today is still lacking in the equality of women and people of color. There are still areas today where women are not as equal as men, like in Hollywood. The Guerilla Girl’s recent project pointed this fact out when they put a billboard up at the 2006 Oscars. Their billboard stated that only 7% of film directors in 2005 were women. It is great that they are bringing this fact to the attention of everyone, but maybe instead of making a statement about it, they could find girls who are interested in a career in directing movies, and support them economically, socially, and emotionally to make it as a big time director in Hollywood.

Stephanie Seaver

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