Rock, Rabbit...Baby! A Disjunctive Fairytale
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Title
Rock , Rabbit...Baby ! A Disjunctive Fairytale
Author
D'Agostino , Brita
Advisors
Jacob , Preminda
Program
Imaging and Digital Arts
UMBC Department
Visual Arts
Document Type
thesis
Sponsors
University of Maryland , Baltimore County (UMBC)
Keywords
Fine Arts (0357)
Date Issued
2007-07-12 ;
Abstract
Rock , RabbitBaby ! is a video installation that, like a fairytale , uses symbolism and metaphor explore the paradoxical desiring and deferment of pregnancy from the personal and sociological perspective of young women in affluent societies . Composed of three separate videos with three different female protagonists Rock , RabbitBaby ! uses simple repetitive imagery and symbolism to evoke a childlike aesthetic . By parodying the behavior and emotional/social predicament of the three women in the film (feeling too childlike themselves to have a child,) I point to the absurdity of their obsession with pregnancy given their obvious youth . At the same time the characters ' bizarre behavior is symptomatic of deeply ingrained and reductive American cultural values whereby reproduction is generally thought of as the fulfillment of a basic biological instinct , and infertility is treated as a disease . The symbols used in the videos and discussed at length in the thesis paper are: the rabbit , stones , toys , and the woman's body . Although these symbols have personal meaning for me they are open to a broad interpretation by viewers of the piece . When viewed simultaneously these three , seemingly disjointed , videos produce a strange coherence allowing viewers to derive an overall narrative from the work .
Identifier
1036
Format
application:pdf
Language
en
Collection
UMBC Theses and Dissertations
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Source
umi-umbc-1036.pdf
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