One of the scarves is made of natural silk and the other one is artificial. These two scarves have the exact same design. They are made in the exact same scale by exactly the same craftsmanship, and displayed equally right next to each other. It is only the material that makes them different. Does that mean their values are different? What defines the value and what defines the price?

Silk

As baseball has expanded as a global sport, so has the baseball bat as a symbol of jock campus culture. This culture cages what boys should do. To subvert the use of the symbol, I negated the function of the bat by creating it out of clear packing tape. The colorful twinkle lights that radiate out of the bat represent all the flamboyant features that anyone could have. By using plastic tape as the shell of the bat, I want to ensure people’s entitlement of being “flamboyant”, “plastic”, “extra” or even “fake”. Neither gender stereotypes nor sexual orientation matters, and we need new possibilities of individuality. Anyone has the power to be flamboyant and can comfortable about it. 

Twinkle Bat

An oversized western style belt buckle was created from an aluminum cast to wear and perform in. In this instance, the person who wears it is receiving a blowjob from a guy in the military suit, to show a reversal of overall dominance. Aluminum is an archival and strong material, but once coated in layers of paint, its surface identity is vulnerable. Boys are not only meant to do hardcore work, and being fabulous doesn’t relate to gender. 

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