The Singing Chessboard

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materials: National Geographic Magazine, X-acto knife, blick board, glue, adobe illustrator, “Oh Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison (1964), “It’s a Man’s Man’s World” by James Brown (1966), “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses (1987), “Vienna” by Billy Joel (1977)

Each quarter of the “chessboard” is made of images of either men, women, or children. What makes the checkers on the board are song lyric’s from songs which add to the stereotypes of the gender represented in each square.