Graduation Year
2019
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Art
Reader 1
T. Kim-Trang Tran
Reader 2
Melanie Nakaue
Abstract
My project gg is a digitally rendered 360° animation of a tech-filled bedroom, accompanied by a joystick that can be used to navigate the 3D space. A visual comparison between multimedia games and modern dating culture, the bedroom scene draws parallels between the prioritization of male perspectives in fine art and digital media and the social prioritization of “masculine” qualities like logic over emotional vulnerability in the initialization of interpersonal relationships. My project investigates human motivations for playing games, both in the literal and idiomatic sense, using stereotypically feminized colors and symbols, to reclaim the patriarchal world of gaming for individuals who don’t identify with a hetero-masculine technological space.
Recommended Citation
Travis, Hannah, "The Gamification of Modern Dating: A Feminist Analysis" (2019). Scripps Senior Theses. 1427.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1427
