Thursday, 16 April 2015

Contextual Portfolio ~ Floppy Disk Woman


This particular image caught my attention as it could be representation of the materialistic ways of modern society, the use of floppy disks represents the changes and improvements in technology and the advancements that we have made. For this reason it has a somewhat futuristic twist to it.
The style is almost a montage style of floppy disks and this is then almost constructed as a collage to create the woman. the style of woman that they have used can also be considered significance as she has no real female features, the hair is not long and therefor she can not be stereotyped as a woman due to the length of her hair and the bone structure is very neutral. She has an almost robotic appearance which might represent the contrast between modern technology and the floppy disk. 

Although the colours used are somewhat reflective of the colours that the woman would be, it is also slightly abstracted due to the use of blue, further adding to the illusion that the woman might be considered somewhat robotic in appearance. 

The piece has a very postmodern twist to it and may be created ignored to represent the disagreement with the use of new media and materials, hence the use of a floppy disk in the creation of the piece. This would be a contrasting view to if the image had been created in a futuristic style as it would then be an appreciation of the technological advancements.