Elephant.
There was an indie film a few years back that came out after Columbine. It followed these kids around through their everyday school lives- literally there would be 5, 10 solid minutes of the kid walking down the hall, etc. In the end the school is broken out in chaos when two boys bring guns to school and start shooting students and teachers. It’s very eye-opening.
The movie was called “Elephant.”
My business teacher was on the subject of Columbine one day and refered to the boys who shot the place up as “crazy.” This pissed me off. Because It just gives more evidence to the fact that no one pays any attention to how fucked up higschool is. How fucked up life is.
The film has the very same message as my painting. There are pieces of wallpaper clippings to portray the “room” of which the elephant roams.
This goes hand in hand with my writing “Ode to My Nazi-fuck Highschool”. The (Elephant in the Room is jabbing his arm with a herion needle.)
http://www.elephantmovie.com/
In Memory of Cruz Bowman
Blaze Ya Dead Homie.
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smile4me
I have never seen this movie before…..why is elephant jabbing himself? Very gorgeous compo and colours I must say :D
tonyanicole replied
he is shooting up. thankyou! those are pieces of wall paper in the background, by the way.
WonderlandGlass
interesting collage, mixed media piece. I’m certain Cruz is smiling and moved by your dedication. Thank you for addressing his memory in your own inimitable way. Peace
H M Bascom
Excellent piece. It is a shame that the powers that be dismiss the kids as crazy. I think they need to make a critical assessment of the entire public school system in the United States. These two boys were not the first to commit violence on their classmates. There have been school shootings since as well. Something is fundamentally wrong with our public school system
tonyanicole replied
agreed. it happens everywhere, and i can understand where those boys were coming from. in this case, our schools’ main issue is drugs. but on a scope they stream from the same general emotions and promblems unaddressed by the school.
Sinéad Costello
THIS is art. Well done – I love it.
tonyanicole replied
thankyou very much. My art teacher feels the same as me about this situation. I hope she will let me put in up in the display case at school, in hopes it will arouse some controversy.