Discussion topic: Fashion, Costume and Cinema.
Lecturer: Sue Osmond (Lecturer at UTS Fashion)
Today Sue gave a lecture on her experiences working on the set of the Matrix and the portrayal of masculinity within the film. This lecture coincided with the Sarah Gilligan reading entitled 'Becoming Neo: Costuming and Transforming Masculinity in the matrix film'. Personally I found this reading quite interesting, There are several points of interest that I have noted below:
- Gender Identity is a performance. The Matrix tells of a movement from identity as a performance of the body to one of clothing material and gadgets
- The eroticism of the extra ordinary male creates a gender ambiguity, therefore appealing to bot straight female and the gay male gaze.
- In the digital age, physicality will be no longer a desirable trait as technological expertise will be seen as more of an advantage and a symbol of power.
- Virtual spaces transcend the physical and individuals have the potential to loose the natural body and enter the digital world. These virtual spaces consequently allow for the easy manipulation of data.
- The differences between the authentic and artifice, between real and illusion. Identity as being or as doing.
- The possibilities of a hyper real world. Jean Baulliard.
- Gender Identity is a performance. The Matrix tells of a movement from identity as a performance of the body to one of clothing material and gadgets
- The eroticism of the extra ordinary male creates a gender ambiguity, therefore appealing to bot straight female and the gay male gaze.
- In the digital age, physicality will be no longer a desirable trait as technological expertise will be seen as more of an advantage and a symbol of power.
- Virtual spaces transcend the physical and individuals have the potential to loose the natural body and enter the digital world. These virtual spaces consequently allow for the easy manipulation of data.
- The differences between the authentic and artifice, between real and illusion. Identity as being or as doing.
- The possibilities of a hyper real world. Jean Baulliard.
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