Category: Research

 

For further research into domestic violence I am looking into articles where men are the victims of domestic violence as I would like to shine light on the fact that it is not just women that suffer from the abuse but is also men which I think is often overlooked.

Alex Skeel told MailOnline he was speaking out because he wanted to campaign against domestic abuse and to show awareness that it is not just women that experience domestic abuse. When talking on This Morning Alex Skeel seemed to be nervous and embarrassed to me this indicated that he was not confident on telling his story to the public as he’s manly hood may be questioned and he would be seen as weak to let a female control him in that way.

“His girlfriend Jordan Worth, 22, made his life a misery by inflicting a catalogue of injuries on him in violent attacks.”

“It was three years of mental abuse and then it turned physical.” this tells me that it went on for some time suggesting that because she was a woman he felt that he was unable to speak out about her as if she is a woman she does not mean to be abusive and is not as bad as she actually is.

“She was probably only girl I ever felt was interested in me. I never had that before. But she clearly used my history to her advantage to go on and do what she did.” this shows me that women can be as manipulative as men and can pray on men that seem more vulnerable then most, this is something that I want to bring to light within my work as it is often over looked and women are seen as the more innocent. I am doing this by expressing the emotions and venerability of men when in a violent relationship ideas by experimenting with glass expressing the violent side when the dominant partner brakes things out of anger, the broken glass will also represent how the relationship is in pieces and falling apart. it can also express how the male victim feels, how he feels like he is broken with a broken heart and is no longer himself.

When researching articles on males speaking out about being abused I found that it was very difficult to find many however many about women being abused did come up while researching, this made me think that most men do not come forward to speak about what they have been through this may be because they feel uncomfortable and judged as they may be seen as weak to let a female control them and may feel that their reputation as a man would be damaged. This may be because much of the society often see the abuse as one-sided and see the men as the abusive partner which is not always the case. This belief that men are seen as the violent gender is shown through the survey that I did with 6 random people as they showed the frequent similarity of labelling men as the dominant and controlling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today I have done more research based on domestic violence. I have done this so I will have a clear understanding of the theme I have chosen and what I am basing it on as it is important with a subject that is so sensitive that it is betrayed in the right way and appropriately. I will continue to look into domestic violence and further into the emotions behind it and the basic concept to widen my knowledge and to extend my ability to portray this in my art.

notes on basic idea of domestic violence:

Dear journal,

Today I have used my time at college to fnish off my three mind maps and to then find images of portraits in which I am then going to do a pencil and pen drawing copies of them and overlay it using clear plastic and adding bruses and cuts on the plastic sheet so that when you flip over the sheet onto the drawing it shows a girl how has been physically hurt and if you fold back the plastic it shows a normal girl not very showing that she can hide her scars and pain by using things such as makeup showing how abuse and violence is happening yet no one notices as she hides it.

I am going to experiment first with different sheets of plastic and materials to create the marks such as bruses and cuts.

Dear journal,

Today I have created some more mind maps based on the other remaining topics that were given to us as a base for are FMP. such as DNA and Elements.

I did this so I had a good idea of what all three topics gave me in ideas interests.

I found creating my DNA mind map was interesting and straight forward as many things can be placed under that category of DNA such as finger prints, organs, expanding and growing, personality and the person you become. I explored all of these in some detail and drew sketches and designs to go with them to help me to think of where it could lead me when making the final design.

I beleive that DNA can also be linked to equilibrium and balance as the imbalance in chromosomes or DNA can create disabilities or issues with an individual. Also it could be linked through the imbalance between good and evil in a person mind as you could discuss how it could be DNA that makes a person act the way they do or it’s the upbringing that creates the imbalance and disturbing act that they might do in life such as murder or influencing violence on another person.

Dear journal,

Today we have had our project brief for our final major project.

we were given titles that we might want to use as a starting base for our work and ideas these topics included:

DNA

Equilibrium

Elements

I have created mind maps for all three of these topics expressing my thoughts and ideas that I think relate to them.

This is a mind map that I created based on my thoughts on equilibrium I enjoyed exploring the different aspects of the topic and went into depth with sketched images and ideas as well as thinking of issues in society in present day and the issues of mental health and domestic violence and the idea that people are treated differently such as if they are transgender and they are treated unequally because they are seen as different. I think it is important for people who feel isolated battling with mental health and violence to have a voice and yo be recognised and not pushed out of sight, I think that art is a great way of expressing the pain, issues and difficulties people may face daily and to give them a voice through the art making people aware of the illness and dangers of unbalanced mental health. I have also thought of relating serial killers and violent people to the mental health issue as some of the research that I have done on the topic of disturbed people suggest that many serial killers or violent people are the way they are through how they were loved or treated through their childhood and how that mentally impacts on how they grow up and the person they become. I find all of this intriguing and makes me what to research either into the topics. I am also going to research further into the present day society to see how opinions on mental health issues have changed over time and the importance of recognising the danger of mental health on an individual I will do this to have more of a wider understanding of mental health and domestic violence and to understand how everyone else in this society portrays it to find the most appropriate, clear and strong way to express it through my art.