Radical
beauty
Here is a text that shows how we defined this
years festival theme: Radical Beauty in the context of
communication:
Beauty is a cultural creation that expresses
dominant values. In the 21st century beauty is often extremely
commercialized. Radical beauty is a cultural creation that expresses
the desire of a change in society. Radical beauty is about changing
dominant values through action and creation. Grassroots projects
are often the vectors of these changings. They experiment new
practices and express new values.
Radical beauty
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content: poetic dialogue and action between the world and
grassroots projects or processes that are existing or yet to be
realized
- process: empowering relations between people
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aesthetic: evoking a strong feeling of affection or love
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with radical beauty we want to overcome to usual criticism of social
construction of beauty, mostly regarding the representations of women
in media.
- radical beauty is a theme but also a communications
approach - Therefore we need to channel the concept of radical beauty
in to specific problems/issues
Now, watch the movie taken from Rize and respond to this position from your gut, from personal observations, from research or using all of the above. In your response, feel free to disagree with the movie Rize, or perhaps to commend on the inspirational grassroots movement shown in it : Beauty is indeed radical if used to empower people.
"Rize" reveals a groundbreaking dance phenomenon that's exploding on the streets of South Central, Los Angeles. Taking advantage of unprecedented access, this documentary film brings to first light a revolutionary form of artistic expression born from oppression.
The aggressive and visually stunning dance modernizes moves indigenous to African tribal rituals and features mind-blowing, athletic movement sped up to impossible speeds. "Rize" tracks the fascinating evolution of the dance: we meet Tommy Johnson (Tommy the Clown), who first created the style as a response to the 1992 Rodney King riots and named it "Clowning", as well as the kids who developed the movement into what they now call Krumping. The kids use dance as an alternative to gangs and hustling: they form their own troupes and paint their faces like warriors, meeting to outperform rival gangs of dancers or just to hone their skills. For the dancers, Krumping becomes a way of life - and, because it's authentic expression (in complete opposition to the bling-bling hip-hop culture), the dance becomes a vital part of who they are. (http://www.lionsgatefilms.com/profile/rize.php)
The Communication category is open to undergraduate and graduate students of any discipline.
There are two formats in which you can present your work:
1. Opinion Piece:
The opinion piece must reflect a personal approach to the issues raised by the movie but still make use of theories and/or case studies from the field of Communication.
Length: 5-7 Pages
On the title page, please write your first and last name, field of study, e-mail address, the title of the piece, an abstract of up to 100 words, and 6 highlighted keywords.
2. Annotated academic article
You may also present original independent research on the issue.
Length:
5-7 pages
On the title page, please write your first and last
name, field of study, e-mail address, the title of the piece, a
summary of up to 100 words, and 6
highlighted
keywords.
Your work should be presented in standard essay form with citations that are consistent with one of the acceptable social-sciences styles.
Selection of work submitted during the festivals years.
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