Research Continues

So, I was looking at the works of J. Witkin and I must say he really gets under my skin. Although his images are well composed I can't really look at them and not cringe. I consider myself pretty open minded when it comes to most things, but I guess when it comes to using the dead for personal monetary gain, I get a little sick to my stomach.

The images that really got to me were the ones where Witkin used dead babies. In addition to that, I read about how Witkin sets up these sets of the dead. How he pulls dead babies out of drawers in morgues. Something about that just seems very wrong to me.

Heavy Metal and Death in Art

Its been a while since my last post. So i figure i'd update everyone on my progress...

I've been making a decision as to how i want to approach this project. Through readings and research i decided to focus on popular culture, especially the heavy metal movement.



In my search to find articles online, i discovered a great book that explores the cultural sociology of the heavy metal movement.

The following is a link to the book. Its an easy read and I feel it does justice to the genre. So if you are interested, check it out.

http://books.google.com/books?id=D6tGaphXVlEC&pg=PA1&lpg=PP9&dq=positive+effects+of+heavy+metal+music&psp=9&sig=JJKAknXWtHygbmqA6uHlCVuxpLc


I have also started work on the audio-visual part of the project. I am going to include some work by Cannibal Corpse, Kreator, Obituary and Kitty. I am still looking for some compeling images and will probably look into Kutna Hora Bone Church in the Czech Republic as well as the works of Witkin.