pure or perverse? – Madonna is trying to be both which doesn’t work. It is therefore not real. The idea of Madonnas ‘sex’ exploiting her body and fantasies is in a sense a propaganda of perversion (Madonna’s ‘perversion’ case rejected in Russia Anti-gay sentiments =strong, - Russia felt Madonna would increase Russia Birth Rate-inappropriate).

Ideas of appropriation or exploitation concept of ‘tourism’ also said in rolling stones article “fastidiousness of her makeup and the newness of her fetish-wear, which makes Madonna look like a tourist. There’s little less sexy than that.” This is where art becomes advertising with these images of sex and ‘raunchiness’. Where are the values in showing real enjoyment and questioning how it is possible to feel real pleasure? It is near impossible to understand the real. Pop culture representations of desire are scrutinized by the masquerade which she is able to present with money and staged photographs- those showing a thin line between ‘erotica’ and pornography in the late 20^thcentury. The compositions, although seemingly highly finished show hallucinations of reality – no dirty story, it is polished which is the ‘problem’ as stated throughout the debate.

Other questions involve Madonna’s intentions. Is Madonna addressing female pleasure or male? Answers spoke of the topic of fantasies which are only told in one’s imagination, you can never perfect a fantasy in an image as we all tweak them differently to our personal standards. Madonna also speaks of herself as a “boy toy” and how she only ‘gets off’ on knowing men get off on her. She is then found to be almost sexually selfish. Although Madonna states, “[she is] an exhibitionist and [she] enjoys that”, “I do what you want to see” … I think this furthers the idea of dimensions of the ‘real’ and the almost nakedness of her ambition when knowing she is on a 60 million contract with warner bros. Is it in fact sexual liberation or is it a stage face she must uphold?

Sexually selfish – it is not about the viewer, it is her fantasies, her body and she is in control. She wants people to identify with her, she is narrating an art of erotism, yet after a repression the mass audience is desperately thirsty for authenticity not a team of people staging something which is meant to be spontaneous and raw. Madonna’s publicity power is shown in the images. The extent to which she wants to be objectified interestingly only results in her own authority with her body and her book. Madonna does have the ability to fill the gap. Even when she disclaims “nothing in this book is true”. The question of what is real is in in the air, wafting around, being questioned once and for all.

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Identify my target of communication – the confusion around the what is real on an audience.  The imagery/photography of eroticism, fantasy and sex and contradictory factors with staging, personal satisfaction, power and perversion

visual interpretation– red, black – sensual/ or plain / subtle with the content being more intense

Choose medium: photo/drawing print etc – mix of photography, loose ink sketches – nothing obvious, but subtle illustations of ‘erotic’ features. –

Series of quotes from Madonna, and response quotes.

Identify suitable material –has to have paper 

 Type and Image.

Clare Skeats – book desinger and art directorhttp://www.clareskeats.co.uk

- (Abram games – influenced her)

Barney bubbles – graphic designer

Analysis – how do contemporary book covers work? WITH USE OF Semiotics – signs to communicate meaning / sign as something that transmits a message – Images without the face- questioning, intriguing, looking everywhere else, questioning clothing etc.

Opposites – two things completely different

Quiet covers – understated.

Illustrators I liked from presentation - 

BOOK BINDING - 

MAKING MY MOCK UP (add photo finish) 

???? Thought of making a fabric case to complete a interesting look- further on idea of struggle to get to the book ..?

continued working on my design for my book - indesign to set format - need to print - text and symbol pages onto red paper and then make the 3 books - print also my 'inside'.

Self Publications project - so I listened to an archive ‘ unwrapping sex ‘ a panel discussing Madonna’s book of erotic photography sex 1993 - so my personal outage from it was generally this two sided argument- a question I made was pure or perverse? I think the general consensus was she was trying to be both and therefore it’s not real or authentic and there’s a sense of propoganda so I created a book which could open up “- on the exterior was ‘friendly’ and slyly alluring then you open it up to this sort of orgy - I wanted to make it chaotic and colourful which I would argue alludes to the mind when thinking about sexual fantasises- that feeling of being unexpected and crazy I guess.