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by Rowan Johnson
SOU Class of 2025, Creative Writing

Deborah Oropallo and Jeremiah Franklin, Dirty, 2021, single channel video; editing and sound design by Jeremiah Franklin (2:36 minutes). Courtesy of the artists and Catharine Clark Gallery

Halloween

Halloween, or Hallows' Eve, is one of the most popular holidays in the United States. The spooky traditions we see today have crossed oceans and cultural backgrounds to reach us, with historians tracing the beginnings of Halloween to the Celtic celebration of Samhain, or Summer’s End. Over time, the celebration has changed and evolved to fit the society that hosts it. Artists Deborah Oropallo and Jeremiah Franklin play with the sexualization of Halloween costumes in many of their collaborations. Oropallo compiles transparent images, placing them on top of each other while cutting out the body of the models. The blank spaces build on top of each other to create the illusion of movement. Franklin creates a score for these videos that captures the humor, discomfort, and absurdity of the images. The piece Dirty highlights different iterations of the sexy maid costume, building on top of each other until there are only feather dusters. Learn more about the origins of Halloween with the video below, and find Dirty in the Schneider Museum of Art’s Treehaven Gallery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyOqOa440l4

Deborah Oropallo, Wolf, 2019, single channel video; editing and sound design by Jeremiah Franklin (3:00 minutes). Courtesy of the artists and Catharine Clark Gallery

Little Red Riding Hood

Much like the story of the Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood is another classic children’s story with murky beginnings. The tale as we know it today was written by a Frenchman named James Perrault in the 17th century. Similar stories of “X eating Y'' exist in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. This revelation led to one of the first attempts to use phylogenetic analysis, a program usually used in biology to group closely related organisms, on folklore and oral tradition. While this work aims to demystify the past, artists Deborah Oropallo and Jeremiah Franklin look at the modern implications of the tale with their piece Wolf. The video in the Treehaven Gallery compiles photos of Little Red Riding Hood costumes throughout different age ranges, looking at how the costume is sexualized the older the model gets. Learn more about this process and what researchers found with the link below, and find a more contemporary representation of the tale at the Schneider Museum of Art.  

https://www.nbcnews.com/sciencemain/such-deep-roots-you-have-how-little-red-riding-hoods-2D11591047

Deborah Oropallo and Jeremiah Franklin, Guise, 2008, single-channel video; editing and sound design by Jeremiah Franklin (continuous loop). Courtesy of the artists and Catharine Clark Galleries.

Fleur-de-lis

From football team helmets to iron fences, the fleur-de-lis has been used as a symbol and decoration across the world. The word fleur-de-lis comes from the French word for lily and, in early French history, symbolized purity, light, and the Holy Trinity. The symbol traveled through French colonies, which helped globalize its presence in aesthetics. There is also a dark side to the fleur-de-lis. While Louisiana was still a French colony, the symbol was branded onto enslaved people as punishment for trying to escape. Artists Deborah Oropallo and Jeremiah Franklin explore this duality with their video installation Guise, which can be found in the Entry Gallery of the Schneider Museum of Art. The tongue-in-cheek comparison between the French elite and the sexualized costumes of women highlights the vision of French royalty versus the reality of exploitation. Learn more about the history of the fleur-de-lis, and see Oropallo and Franklin’s take on it until May 25th.

https://symbolsage.com/fleur-de-lis-symbol-meaning/

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