An Identity is the set of meanings that define who one is when one is an occupant of a particular role in society, a member of a particular group, or claims particular characteristics that identify him or her as a unique person
Burke, Peter J and Stets, Jan E (2009) Identity Theory: Oxford
Through Make-up, clothing, hair style and any other form of identity this can be seen as masking our individuality making ourselves look a better ‘version’ of ourselves. This is seen through social media, magazine, television, making it our image look better as part of our day to day routine.
Questions that we ask ourselves are- Who is it for? What it is for? Is there a particular reasoning or is it just normality? Something that because the ‘normality’.
‘ If beauty implies the power of capturing men’s affections even for women who are deficient in understanding and reason, ugliness can be perceived to have the reverse effect’ Hecher, Dagmar (2007) The narrative construction of the female body in the British novel of the 19th century: Germany
Nowadays wearing make-up is part of a daily routine for many woman. Does a woman put make-up to make them feel better about them selves or do they put it on to impress a particular person? Beauty is a theme that anyone can interpret-ate allowing the individual to create their own opinion on beauty whether that is natural or fake.
Through our performance we are using make-up showing the amount of make-up we put on, especially for a night-out or an occasion, it can create an un-naturalistic image of ourselves. We will show this by the repetition of putting make-up on, highlighting the impact of a on-going routine that most women face. Our rehearsal process has been quite painful, as the impact of make-up being put on and off can be a painful experience due to the chemicals that are within the products.
Using make-up removal wipes heightens the effect of reality, which could be seen as the ‘ugly truth’. Not stating that women are ugly without make-up, absolutely not, I am just emphasizing the fact, the effort and time that goes into concealing ourselves, which of course will be reflected in our piece.
Referring back to the ‘ugly truth’ when seeing something so neat and the make-up being a sense of perfection to seeing the make-up removed and on the wipe, this reflects a dishonest reality. Seeing the ugliness of make-up making it look dirty and grubby, creating a no filter image.
We have discussed and explored labeling ourselves after each encounter with the make-up, for instance when the make up is applied we would label it ‘fake’ or ‘illusion’ the same for when the when make up is removed using text such as ‘honesty’ or ‘natural’. This process would be on-going giving the overall outcome of the three of us covered in labels, reflecting on society labeling the type of people/fashion in our modern day world. The question we ask to ourselves, is the labeling necessary Do we need to make it so obvious? This is something that we are going to discuss and explore further, perhaps with projection or sounds.