Transformation Project

My first image, from Boston magazine’s December 2012 issue, depicts a hand holding a pregnancy test with the words “drink” and “don’t drink” on it.  This image, on its own, clearly indicates the message that non-pregnant women can drink and pregnant women cannot.  This is a glaring example of Catherine G. Lattrell’s key questions in Remix “how do technologies shape or define human activity?” and/or “how do technologies impact human life?” (p. 576).  In this image, it is implied that this technology can tell you if you’re pregnant and as a result, how you can behave going forward.  The implication is that this pregnancy test impacts the life of the possible mother (she’s pregnant, so she can’t drink) and also the life of the fetus (pregnant women shouldn’t drink to ensure a healthy baby).

My transformation reconstructs one of the main themes of this image, drinking, and doesn’t even acknowledge the theme of pregnancy.  I collaged a series of images (from the same issue of Boston magazine) on one side of the transformation under the word/image “drink” that depict some potentially negative feelings resulting from drinking heavily such as greasy food cravings, guilt, promiscuity, grogginess, illness and early aging.  On the other side of the collage I depict a series of images under the words/image “don’t drink” that may be positive side effects of not drinking, such as peaceful sleep, happiness, health, and longevity.