Hybridity Blog

What have you Learned about Hybridity?

- I've learned that it's when one artist, adds in another story or art piece/topic, incorporating as many forms that's necessary, in order to to fully investigate a subject.

How do contemporary artists use the concept of hybridity in their artwork?

- The person I'll be using for an example, is Tim Burton. He seemed to use different people, who were living in real life, and made them into his film. For example: "For a boy his age, he's considerate and nice... but he wants to be just like Vincent Price." Here, he is putting together a short horror story/film, using a popular and famous horror actor, Vincent Price, as his topic and narrator. Tim Burton continues to add in popular artists, such as Edgar Allan Poe. He focuses on creating a mood on darkness, and imagination, and thoughts that run in your head. How the little boy starts out like any other kid, before transforming into his world of imagination, thinking of all these dark, things, I.E: Living with bats, turning his dog into a zombie, dipping his aunt into hot wax. His eyes going wide, his grin taking up his face. Tim Burton, does a good job in making the mood dark, uncomfortable, and shocking. He allows the unexpected to occur and keep the audiences attention. 

How might you be able to use hybridity in your own artwork?

- By focusing on the main theme and question: What am I trying to get across the audience. And once I figure that out, I'll get more information on things/topics related to mine, and add in other people or quotes, making it not so much focused on what is happening, but the point that is trying to be crossed. 

For example: If I'm talking about climate change, That would be my main goal. I'll then add in my information, before doing research and adding in other characters that may go against climate change, or have someone from the past who talked about it. It's about the actions and the language 

Is there something that you found in your investigation that specifically interested or inspired you?

-It was interesting to see how many popular directors, or even growing directors and filmmakers, use the hybridity techniques. Alfred Hitchcock also fits into this category. He would create these films, such as Psycho, that would make your head turn and ponder son many questions. The unexpected would occur. The way the girl is murdered in the shower and you see a women's outline, or how they make you think It's the mom the whole time, but in the end, you realize it's the guy, who just pretends to be his mom. It really rattles your mind, and makes you think "Wow, I would have never guessed that." I feel that shows/movies that have an unexpected twist in them, can turn out either really well, or really bad. It's just a matter of how creative you are, and whether or not you understand what message you are trying to convey to the audience.