Brooke Tillman, "Art and Social Change" , Week 6

The Videosphere by Gene Youngblood

Synthesis: Gene Youngblood professes the necessity of shared ownership and public access to the media.

Key Takeaways:

1. The media must be public and no longer commercial/corporate.
2. The media should serve all people, not just some.
3. The media should be real, not artificial.
4. The public must be consciously aware of the media, not passive agreers.
5. The media can no longer be washed in unhealthy, harmful, or problematic information.

Womens Art: a Manifesto by Valie Export

Synthesis: The history of women has been told by men, but the future of women will be told by women.

Key Takeaways: 

1. Men have controlled the narrative of women.
2. Women have not had the chance dos peak for themselves, so they have not been able to find themselves. 
3. Women must use the media to take control of their narrative.
4. Women must forget all their notions of their life, which were provided by men, in order to find new ones that align with a woman’s true wishes.
5. The arts provide women with a way to define themselves and influence the world to acknowledge and meet female necessities.