For this project our group chose to find an old folk tale that we could take and reinterpret in a fashion and current style. We chose the story of Baba Yaga - on old Slavic story, originating in Russia.
Baba Yaga is a witch that lives in the woods in a house built on the top of a giant chicken foot. In some variations of the story say that she kidnaps children and then eats them. Others say she flies around in a giant pestle and mortar . she ages by one year every time someone asks her a question but then this process is reversed if she drink tea with blue roses in it.
Our concept for this project will be a modern version of this story, choosing out a specific element that can be translated through issues within society that we see today. Our image will show women's obsession with beauty and the quest for youth and how some women hide away from society if they do not think they fulfill the media's ideals about what it is to look young. This relates to the story as it talks about Baba Yaga's isolation and spite towards others around her and what she undergoes in order to recapture her youth.
This is a timeline of what needs to happen in each week of the project and a list of each persons role within the group:
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