JENNIFER GREENBURG
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Constructed Portraits: Make her more beautiful
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Constructed Portraits: Make her more beautiful is created using an archive of photographic negatives of women, which I have fed into an AI model with the prompt to "make her more beautiful." I then collage, patch, and re-assemble the female-presenting figure in order to examine the optics of representation and interrogate societal beauty standards.
Revising History
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​Revising History is made by replacing the entire central figure in vernacular photographs with images of myself. I intend the work to engage the audience in a conversation about how historical depictions of women, rife with aesthetically pleasing glamour, are used to help us idealize the American past. Using performative techniques and stagecraft, I transform into a protagonist– navigating her societal expectations sardonically– in order to draw a sharp parallel with the culture of discrimination women still experience today.
The Rockabillies
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The Rockabillies, published in 2008 by the Center for American Places, is work that examines a unique subculture of participants who have co-opted the looks of mid-twentieth century Americans. 

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  • Home
  • Constructed Portraits
  • Revising History
  • The Rockabillies
  • Substitute World
  • Bio & CV
  • Colored Stories
  • Other Works
  • Links & Gallery Representation
  • Student Work
  • New Page