Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Rock Battle Audience
The
picture displayed here is of two guitarists at the
Woodstock concert back in the '60s. The audience of this picture are people who attended the WoodStock Music Festival. Most of the people who went to this concert ranged starting at just the young age of 12. This picture was captured at a very important and historical era
in America, as it displays the picture of two different races conjoining together for the benefit of others. Being the audience they are aware of the
problems and issues that took place during this time when it came to segregation and racial issues. This picture represents
more than two musicians “battling” it out at a rock concert, but rather takes
into account the racial background they both come from. From this picture the
audience is able to discuss the irony. It is an innocent rock battle while
zoomed in but zoomed out during the same era it can tell a very different story
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Interesting take on audience. I wonder if you can think more about the audience that might have been there at the moment the photo was taken? Were they also a mixed race audience? Does that matter? And what was this photo used for, rhetorically, since you guys have chosen it? Does it come out in magazine or newspapers? To what effect? I ask this because I'd consider us a tertiary audience at least.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it important that a white man and a black man can play together during this time period?
ReplyDeleteI'd just like to point out that Carlos Santana was born in Mexico, I believe. Other than that, I really liked the analysis in the context of the class. However, I would agree with Mrs. Bayly and and ask who the audience at the time was? Knowing it was during 1969 Woodstock essentially gives us that answer but what is the message that is being delivered in this picture?
ReplyDeleteWell since the concert took place in upstate new York in the late 1960s I think that the audience would have a different more progressive view on race relations than most of the us at the time. Woodstock was almost as far away from the south of the us as you could go without ending up in Canada
ReplyDelete