Martha Rosler 'Body beautiful'

Martha Rosler - "Body beautiful" &"Bringing the war home"

I have looked at Martha Rosler an awarding winning artist and educator working in video, photo- text , performance and installation. The series " body beautiful" particularly relates to my project for obvious reasons But also "bringing war home" showcases the female form , technology,war ,politics all in the domestic  the domestic setting. I find a number of her photo montages interesting and i have used pieces as inspiration for example the one above of the body parts on the wood. She has isolated body parts that she has cut away from a men's magazine . I think her deliberate isolation of the body parts has made each section more provocative. I would like use this as inspiration when I'm filming and try to isolate my models body parts to heighten the appeal. i want the video to be close enough to the model to create an awkwardness which is what i feel when I'm looking at Martha Roslers montage. I think that because the body parts are separated you become very aware of what you are viewing, the fact you are looking at these personal details  and this also heightens that there is a slightly awkward factor.  ( The gaze ) .

I also think this image "cleaning the drapes" from the series "Bringing war home" is worth mentioning because of the relationship exploration between technology and the female form. Iv been reading up on both series and John Perreault interesting wrote:

 " A model prancing with a cell phone (shown in multiples of herself) is in a way an update of “Beauty Knows No Pain.” But in spite of the still-thriving use of the objectification of women’s bodies as sales tools (to both men and women),"

I like how he describes the series as an "update" adding in technology's effect on the objectification of women which is what I'm trying to achieve.