SHE-lter
Animation / 6’01”
CHEN Peiran, SUN Zhouye 陈沛然, 孙周烨
MFA graduate
peiran0315@gmail.com
sunzhouye0024@gmail.com
joyszy1120
jennifer_c2.0
Abstract
SHE-lter is a documentary animation which use the visual language to simulate the imagine of women’s ideal personal space. It is a reflection of sexual descrimination in space and design.
《SHE-lter》是來源於真實採訪的記錄動畫。用視覺語言構建女性心目中理想的私人空間，反思了空間中的性別歧視。
Description
It is undeniable that the spatial arrangement of buildings and communities reflects and strengthens the nature of gender, race and class relations in society. Different identities perceive the environment in different ways. Based on different values, different genders, roles and social power, relationships between people and space appear differently. As we all know, living place is important to everyone, but most women do not have equal access to it. The true nature of dignity is that everyone needs a place to rest and rejuvenate. During 1960s-1970s, America Feminism movement started arguing the redesign of private space for women version. From 2010s till now, the sound of Asia feminism movement getting stronger, it is also a unique topic to know how Chinese women expecting their own private space. In thesis project, we try to encourage Chinese women from different ages to imagine the environment they need (internal / external / community / relationship / climate / location, etc.) instead of traditional housing or current space.
不可否認，建築物和社區的空間佈局反映並加強了社會性別、種族和階級關係的性質。不同的身份以不同的方式感知環境。基於不同的價值觀，不同的性別、角色和社會力量，人與空間之間的關係出現了分別。眾所周知，居住的地方對每個人都很重要，但大多數婦女沒有平等的機會。尊嚴的真正本質是每個人都需要一個休息和恢復活力的地方。在1960年代至1970年代期間，美國女權運動發起了重新設計女性專用空間的爭論。從2010年代到現在，亞洲女權運動的聲音越來越強，了解中國婦女如何期待自己的私人空間也是一個獨特的話題。在論文項目中，我們嘗試鼓勵不同年齡層的中國女性想像自己需要的環境（內部/外部/社區/關係/氣候/位置等），鼓勵女性獲得空間上的自主權。
Artist Statement
The very first idea of this project was inspired by the book called Discrimination of Design written by Leslie Kanes Weisman. It is shocked to be noticed that as a woman, we lived in a society which is full of discrimination that we ourselves could not even realized. The design of spaces, buildings architectures and even our home is full of discrimination. The critic from the book pointed out that, if we live in a society full of inequality, it is impossible to design a real space that could really liberate humanity. We believe it is meaningful to listening to what women emphasize to their private space. We encourage them to fantasize the space they need which don’t need to follow the reality.
這個項目的最初想法是由萊斯利·凱恩斯·韋斯曼（Leslie Kanes Weisman）所著的《設計的歧視》一書啟發的。令人震驚的是，作為一個女人，我們生活在一個充滿歧視的社會中，我們自己甚至無法意識到。空間、建築物，甚至我們家居的設計充滿歧視。書中的批評者指出，如果我們生活在一個充滿不平等的社會中，那麼就不可能設計出能夠真正解放人類的真實空間，我們認為傾聽女性強調自己私人空間是有意義的。我們鼓勵她們幻想自己需要的空間，以獲得空間的自主權。
