Ferre Peeters, Masculien
postgraduaat digital storytelling
The traits that are traditionally associated with contemporary western masculinity – strength, confidence, calmness – are not shared by everyone who identifies as male. A part is missing. Does this mean that these are lesser men? Or is this understanding too restricted and unsuited for the 21st century?
Masculien is a multimedia project consisting of video, photography, and text that does not aim to wholly dismantle the patriarchal understanding of masculinity, nor to replace it with an entirely new one. This project simply focuses on opening a dialogue on the question of what it means to be a man in 2019. Is it possible to achieve a definition of masculinity where everyone who so desires is included?
The traits that are traditionally associated with contemporary western masculinity – strength, confidence, calmness – are not shared by everyone who identifies as male. A part is missing. Does this mean that these are lesser men? Or is this understanding too restricted and unsuited for the 21st century?
Masculien is a multimedia project consisting of video, photography, and text that does not aim to wholly dismantle the patriarchal understanding of masculinity, nor to replace it with an entirely new one. This project simply focuses on opening a dialogue on the question of what it means to be a man in 2019. Is it possible to achieve a definition of masculinity where everyone who so desires is included?