Selfie in A Mask

Title

Selfie in A Mask

Description

I am a Freshman here at ECU. I am majoring in Elementary Education with a concentration in Science. Some of the things I like to do in my free time are hang out with friends, watch movies, go shopping, and working out! I think with my major and passion for children, having the interest in art is really important because teaching little kids can be hard, but sometimes art is the best way to understand material. I think I could use what I learn and put forth my knowledge of art into lessons to help my students better understand a topic. I chose to create a mask for this project because it correlates with our world today. I took an empty toilet paper roll and I pulled a shoe lace through it so I could tie it together in the back. I placed that piece over my mouth and then took a long piece of toilet paper and folded it in half and tied that around my head in order to cover my nose. Creating such a simple piece with something so simple as toilet paper, allows the mask to speak volume. I didn't necessarily use a website or image ideas, but I knew I wanted to use something that represented the times we are living in. The mask that I have created is not a functional mask, meaning I will not be wearing it out in public. This mask represents the past year; all the struggles our society has been through with this pandemic. Our identities have changed over the past year, and going through this pandemic is now apart of our identity. In the beginning of the pandemic, there was a global shortage of toilet paper. It was no where to be found; not on the shelves of stores, not on amazon, no where. The shortage of toilet paper was one of the main factors that left the world knowing that things were not what they used to be and our world is in danger. With the pandemic starting in March, families began stocking up on toilet paper, leaving millions of families without. Not only was their a shortage of toilet paper, but many people lost their jobs and couldn't pay the high prices that toilet paper was soon to be sold at. The pose of this picture represents looking back on the past and remember the hard times for so many families. I chose to not looking directly at the camera so it gives the audience the idea of pain and reflection. Looking back at the past to see how COVID started and just the beginning of losing so much, started with the lost of toilet paper. The background of the picture with the hanging lights, represents the light at the end of the tunnel and how, one day, our world will go back to normal and the thought of running out of toilet paper, isn't even a thought anymore. My mask was made to cover both my mouth and nose to represent the real masks that we have to wear every single time we leave our homes. My mask and photo creation is unique because it represents an actual event that was caused by covid-19 and it shows the beginning of what the entire world thought, was just 2 weeks.

This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation.

Coverage

Greenville, North Carolina

Creator

Anonymous

Date

2021-02-05

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