Dinner and a Movie

 

Movie: Twilight

Materials

Blue side (Edward): blue gatorade, mint mentos, silverware, glassware, paper doily.

Red side (Jacob): red powerade, hot tamales candy, red bowl and plate, silverware, paper napkin, glass jar.

Artist Statement

The movie that inspired this project was Twilight; specifically, the dynamic between Edward and Jacob, or rather the differences between them. I utilized certain items/placements like fancy glass cups, a dessert spoon placed at the top, and a doily placemat to allude towards Edward’s economic standing. Stephanie Meyers chose to describe all vampires as white and having extreme wealth. For Jacob’s side, I used an old queso jar (which I’ve repurposed) as a cup for the red powerade, the silverware, napkin, red bowl and plate were all chosen to insinuate Jacob’s economic standing which Stephanie Meyers depicted as middle/lower class. The research packet helped me narrow down my narrative and how to best represent the unspoken bias; red and blue oppose each other temperature wise which is also how Edward and Jacob biologically repel each other. Red in this project symbolizes life, warmth, purity while blue represented death, cold, damnation which is why Edward and Jacob fought each other over Bella.