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“See Jane…” is a series I began investigating after watching the film “What Ever Happen to Baby Jane” (1962) starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. I began thinking about how the story line circles around relationships of the two sisters but at the same time focuses on the woman, Bette Davis’s “Jane”, as daughter, sister and confidante, all while being a villainess character.

When I think of the name “Jane” as a character from film and literature there are a number of women that appear in my mind. The most opposite of the “Jane” as performed by Bette Davis is the “Jane” of the children’s books “Dick and Jane”, that I read as a kid. I thought about how pure and white both “Jane’s” were depicted. The “Jane” of innocence made well thought out adventures, along with her partner Dick, leaving little need for imagination. The simplicity and complicity of these two Jane’s collided in my head and out came the beginning of this series.

Film and literature seem to merge and move about as social and cultural attitudes adjust over time. With my work, used as a propaganda tool, I provide an opportunity to read the sliding scale of mass media and the hypocrisies that have been uncovered as time moves forward.

Current Series Video Series Hipstamatic Series	“See Jane…” is a series I began investigating after watching the film “What Ever Happen to Baby Jane” (1962) starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. I began thinking about how the story line circles around relationships of the two sisters but at the same time focuses on the woman, Bette Davis’s “Jane”, as daughter, sister and confidante, all while being a villainess character. When I think of the name “Jane” as a character from film and literature there are a number of women that appear in my mind. The most opposite of the “Jane” as performed by Bette Davis is the “Jane” of the children’s books “Dick and Jane”, that I read as a kid. I thought about how pure and white both “Jane’s” were depicted. The “Jane” of innocence made well thought out adventures, along with her partner Dick, leaving little need for imagination. The simplicity and complicity of these two Jane’s collided in my head and out came the beginning of this series. Film and literature seem to merge and move about as social and cultural attitudes adjust over time. With my work, used as a propaganda tool, I provide an opportunity to read the sliding scale of mass media and the hypocrisies that have been uncovered as time moves forward.
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