From Jacquie

This work is in response to Eva's image. When Eva responded to Jessie's writing, a particular description stuck with her, "and falls down and stays stuck and tries too hard and needs to be struck down and stripped bare." This phrase is very powerful. So I thought about this in relation to Eva's image of young men in the city idly staring at who knows what. I tried to imagine more and more what these men are so fascinated with. In my experience in New York, men on the street are often staring at/fascinated by beautiful women. They never grow tired of it. I then appropriated images from music videos in which beautiful women are featured and are objects for these men (in Eva's photo) to stare at. Women who may be perceived as often trying too hard, staying stuck as objects for the male gaze, and in need of being stripped bare of the stereotypes that confine them. I chose to use images in which they are shown from behind for the obvious reason, these guys are CLEARLY staring at their asses, and also to disguise these famous women keeping them anonymous like the men in Eva's photo.

Hugs and Kisses,

J