"Strawberry Voice" is a piece of the artist, Mr. (one of the superflat artists apart of the Kaikai Kiki Co.). It is a pretty large piece and intitially i thought it was a tribute to or an adaptation of the baby dolls. One of the eyes being different than the other in this piece made me think of the old dolls that had the "closing eyelids" feature but now, being old and worn, one of the eyelids are broken. I also noticed the deliberate action to prevent symmetry in this piece. Such as the differences between the two eyes as well as the difference between the two pigtails. After looking at this photo further and finding other images on the web I realized that their is a lot more to this piece. "Strawberry Voice" is in fact a structure, having a room inside. AS you can see the room inside is extravagantly girly. Mizenko sensei had mentioned a scene from the film "Family Game" in which a girl had decorated her room so intensely that it had become a whole new realm that was better suited to her perceptions. In strawberry voice he plays with the idea of thought vs. reality. This girly/fictional reality that takes place only in a girls mind has now become quite real yet without leaving the confides of that girls head. Very cool piece.
Despite having an empty eye, the girl shows a very kawaii image. Her pigtails, colorful hair ties, blunt bangs, big forehead, and blue cheeks exude youth. The room inside is definitely a mind of a little girl. It parallels her appearance. The room is decorated with different patterns and cute plushies. The pink walls also adds on girliness.
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ReplyDeleteDefinitely, this girl is signifying kawaii. Her pink hair, big eyes, mouth and all of the things are related to kawaii. On the other hand, she looks like a robot because her eyes are like a window and she have a blue cheek. Inside of her head, there is a kawaii atmosphere. All the dolls and the toys representing the things elementary girls like.
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