CPS WK 8 - Time as Material

By Rachael Thompson

THEME: 

Time As Material

CONTEXT:

Abstract time. Captured Time. Fictive Time.

Reflecting on the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood in my Studio 1 work, I have explored the meaning and morals of the fable throughout time/history. 

I found that as time moved forward, social standards and morals changed, along with the context of how themes in the story were read and interpreted. In short, artists who retold the story at different times in history interpreted the meaning of Little Red Riding Hood’s themes differently - meanings related to gender, sex, freedom and power have been challenged in various iterations of Little Red Riding Hood – a character who, over time, even became popular in pornographic films.

Other themes such as capitalism and greed are also reflected upon in more recent versions of this legendary, and traditionally cautionary, tale.

LINKS:

“What Wide Origins You Have, Little Red Riding Hood!”

An anthropologist chases down a tale told around the world.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/11/131129-little-red-riding-hood-folktale-tehrani-anthropology-science/

Hoodwinked!2005 Feature film https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443536/

“Little Red Riding Hood – moral warnings and sexual implications”

https://www.mayastarling.com/little-red-riding-hood-moral-warnings-and-sexual-implications/

Beat Magazine article (NB: refers to the porno “Little Red Riding Hood And Snow White In A Wild Dwarf Gangbang”,but this is just an article with no R-rated material included)

LINK: http://www.beat.com.au/arts/2011/04/7/red-riding-hood/amanda-seyfried-catherine-hardwicke-disney-fairy-tale-gary-oldman-hollywood-little-red-riding-hoo

METHOD:

“Little Red MashUp” 

Stitch various visual representations of Little Red Riding Hood the character together using graphics (paintings, illustrations or photos) from the past and present in order to reflect her changed symbolism over time and perhaps provoke our thoughts on what she may become.

RESPONSE

“Little Red MashUp” graphic

NOTE: Please see addional images for 'work-in-progress' of this piece, which include the above originals and some screenshoots of my progress making the mashup in Photoshop.

REFERENCES FOR GRAPHICS USED IN “LITTLE RED MASHUP”

“Flossie and the Fox” (Published by Dial Books,1986) https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0803702507/thesurlalufairyt

“Hoodwinked!” (The Weinstein Company, 2005) 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443536/

“Once Upon a Time” TV series

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843230/?ref_=tt_ov_inf

Little Red Riding Hood, (c. 1862) Gustave DORÉ

http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/933/

“History of Little Red Riding Hood,” Albany: Gray, Sprague & Co., ca 1850

https://www.alephbet.com/pages/books/30019/perrault/history-of-little-red-riding-hood