Outcomes surrounding the theme of Schadenfreude (pleasure in the misfortunes of others) and it's analogy within the term 'guilty pleasure'.
1. A victorian styled zoetrope (early moving image device)
- To human scale - for a heightened sense of relation and to be positioned in locations across the city inviting public participation in spinning the piece to reveal a celeb scandal.
- Questions temptation and media influence in encouraging us to delight in the downfall of high-profiled figures. Also highlights the shift from the machine used as traditional, family entertainment to how we get our thrills in contemporary society i.e. trashy mags, and reality tv.
- One zoetrope would be constructed with several monochrome graphic strips of scandelous/salacious events to be inserted.
- Overall motive could be to bring the tabooed emotion into the light and create a public platform for people to celebrate an accepted, natural feeling rather than a guilty pleasure.
2. Same outcome of a zoetrope but instead playing on the idea of the emotion being perceived as private and guilty so the piece would be a detailed miniature.
- portable, perhaps collapsable device so one could sneekingly lift their spirits, boost an ego, or gain a laugh.
- Sized for hand-bag, pocket, office desk drawer etc
- collectable strips of humiliating events to be inserted into main piece.
3. Photographic collection of Schadenfreudian reactions
- Smirks, smugness, giggles, subtle physical manifestations we all feel daily.
- Capture everyday examples eg. bus driver's smugness when closing doors to someone out in rain etc.
- Printed large scale with annotated descriptions to evoke uncomfortable feelings.
4. 'Guilty pleasures amnesty'
- Advertise for people in the city to donate objects, collections etc that they are ashmed to admit to loving/owning.
- Archive or catalogue the objects, perhaps build profiles of owners.
-Photograph them in an effort to find attractiveness/usefullness
Any feedback greatly appreciated.
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