Street art and Graffiti

Originally, my main topic focus and what I did my research on was the power dynamic of women vs men, my quote being "I am tired of being quiet so others can stay comfortable." As I began my creation process, I decided to take a different turn with my inspiration. I wanted to create something that could embody the idea of female rage. The kind of anger a woman gets, but only from the fault of a man. Whether this be in a work setting, sexual assault, verbal abuse, etc. My main imagery in this piece was a screaming mouth, a reaching hand, and lips. Along with this some lines and various circles to enforce the poster. The idea of the mouth was to visualize that anger. Giving the viewer an idea of how the text should be received. The hand, showing a more vulnerable state, but also like grabbing or taking back that power. The kissing lips I wanted to just emphasize the stereotype of a woman, it's a very universal symbol that an audience can recognize. I think the use of Parrhesia/ fearless speech was solidly used in my composition. “Enjoy your life and forget my name.” This is a sentence that you could continue to read into, and could relate to many many circumstances. To me, this is taking back the power, any of it, that has ever been taken from women/ a woman in any sort of traumatic event. Telling that person that you can still thrive in your life even after what has been done to you. That they don’t even deserve to know your name anymore. “I am Rage” just further implements my theme of female rage. It is so simple, but says so much at the same time. All of the elements on my poster composition are handmade stencils that I drew and cut with an exacto knife. I made the design on adobe illustrator, and was able to create a vision from there. From the finishing of the stencils, I was then able to place, and spray paint them as I wanted. This whole stencil process was very fun and cool, and all the new mediums gave a new kind of meaning to my creation.