GENDER INEQUALITY IN SOUND ARTS/ MUSIC INDUSTRY
I wasn’t sure if the topic and direction I chose for my audio paper is correct. I was worried that my piece would fail to meet the requirements and would be marked very low or not all. I have asked Ingrid about that. Her response was that direction I want to take, can create a great conceptual and creative project, however, the audio paper has to have a documentary element. So, I could consider it as a research question, interview female artists about their experience in sound arts, and bring this idea of the pill and the awareness it could bring to your conclusion. Try to consider how the same issues impact female-identifying artists in sound art, and how they contribute to the design of sound spaces. How would you design a safe sound space for female-identifying artists?
I understood that my concept was lacking a connection between the actual topic and the course I am doing it for. Therefore instead of talking about sexism and discrimination from a female perspective in our world, I have decided to limit it to sound arts and art in general. Ingrid gave me a lot of ideas on how I can deepen my topic. I chose to talk about the different treatment of men and women in the sound arts/ art world, how they deal with it, and what would be if a “realization” pill existed that would make every perpetrator realize what they are saying and doing. I want to limit my work to these three questions as I was afraid I will quickly lose myself while talking about things I have no idea about.
To achieve that I have to make research on how exactly women are treated in the sound/art world, their experience working in the sound field as a female-identifying artist, and what should happen to make the art world as equal and open-minded as I thought it would be. In order to endorse my research I want to carry out interviews with my girlfriends, on the course, so I can develop my topic with female artists that I know in person. I will ask them about their thoughts on the problems, I have mentioned above and about my surrealistic idea of the “realization” pill.