Starting my Camera Girl experimenting

I began by looking at different images from Live Camera Girl sites, but not specifically eating fetishes.

I decided to photoshop myself into them eating my breakfast sexually, and they actually turned out rather humorously, but I think that’s alright for this first part of the experimentation. I want to begin generating ideas for what I want to do with these ideas by painting them, and see where that leads me. I might also look at making a short film of me on one of these sights, or leading the audience to believe I am, just eating something, maybe grossly. I’d like to look further into how Camera Girls eating could lead to an unhealthy obsession with food, like binge eating. However, I’ve always been interested in safety of women in the sex industry, therefore the reaction to these images will be great to see.

For a more sexual effect with these images, I used strawberry and running chocolate that have sexual connotations to them, especially making the chocolate drip onto my chin which could signify semen.

Here’s another play, eating a banana for a phallic effect;

 

Volunteering for the Made in Roath Festival

We began our bunting making today in the Heart Space, which will be displayed at the Made in Roath festival and give us an opportunity to be posted on the instagram page for the event. I decided to use a light-coloured denim to create a really colourful flower piece that will go with the theme of “We share the same jeans” to celebrate its 10 year anniversary.

This was my first try at bunting, therefore I must admit it’s definitely not my best work. However I’m aware they’ll need as much as they can get, so I’ll happily give this towards it. I hope I’ll put my skills forward a bit better on Saturday the 6th of October in preparation for the festival, as I’ve offered to volunteer for the day, as well as the rest of the festival.

This Saturday the 6th of October, I volunteered at the tie-dye workshop at Inverness place, which was to meet most of the people involved with the festival, as well as make our own t-shirt to wear for the other volunteering opportunities we’ll participate in for the festival coming up. The process and socialising was really fun, which made me excited for the events to come! I would love to take part in more events like this in the near future.

I also made it onto the Made In Roath instagram page while making my t-shirt;

Starting my Camera Girls research

I’ve recently become really interested in Camera Girls after researching into women in pornography and prostitution last year. The more I researched into them looking for empowerment, the more I was let down in realising that women will always be at risk of getting hurt, even with laws and measurements in place. With camera girls, it would be almost impossible to get physically abused. However, could virtual abuse be just as damaging? I’ll be looking into this thoroughly within the next few weeks, as well as using it for my next art pieces. I’ll be searching for how the world of Camera Girls works, perhaps putting myself in the more PG side of it, such as the fetish of eating a large bulk of food fully clothed and see its reaction. Will I encounter abuse? Revenge porn has been a common topic too, and I’ll be interested if being a Camera Girl perhaps eliminates this risk because you’ve consented to your body being in the public eye, thus not making you a target to be used. Or does it perhaps make you more susceptible to the crime? I’ll also want to learn about their currency, how they make money, and if they are asked what to do or if they are in complete control of what they do on Camera.

Trisha Paytas made a name for herself on Youtube and social media by being a Camera Girl

“Everything about this odd fad is unhealthy, from the way men pay to watch women, to how it encourages binge-eating, ‘fat talk’ and an increased obsession with women’s bodies. Already this week we’ve seen a debate about Girls’Lena Dunham being airbrushed in Vogue, even though she is known for being naturally curvy. Feminist website Jezebel announced they would pay $10,000 for the original photos – which were later sent to them.”

“It is encouraging that organisations are fighting back against women’s bodies being retouched, but at the same time, it shows how worryingly fascinated we are by fat/not fat women. Meok-Bang is just another example of this. At first glance it might just look like a new weird sexual fetish, but actually it is one that objectifies women and encourages binge-eating.”

(Quotes are from; https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10583917/Sexual-fetish-much-Watching-girls-binge-eat-on-camera-takes-the-biscuit.html)