Pink & Blue - and the question of gender

Pink Blue is brilliant collaboration project between Jake Dypka and Hollie McNish focusing on the important issue of gender.

Pink Blue is another collaboration project between myself and Hollie McNish based around the theme of gender. Commissioned to open the Saatchi showcase in Cannes the film uses 3D technology to allow the viewer to switch between two different versions of the film depending which set of glasses they view it through.

Poem Words

Pink
or
Blue

Pink
or Blue

Pink
or Blue

Go!

Babygros for Blue with robots on
Babygros for Pink no robots on
Babygros for Pink with flowers on
Babygros for Blue no flowers on

Little Pink picks a daisy chain - awww, great!
Little Blue picks a daisy chain - gay
Little Blue climbs the tree - strong boy
Little Pink climbs the tree - tom boy

Pink falls down
Pink is given more hugs
Pink tears allowed
Blue tears must man up
grow some bollocks, toughen up
Don't be such a girl, Blue

Now Blue hair is kept short
Pink hair is let long
Pink is given toy dolls
Blue is given toy guns
Pink is told to be cute
Blue is told to be bigger
Pink shoes - no grip
Blue shoes - no glitter

Now Blue legs start growing hairs
and Pink legs start growing hairs
Blue told this is manly
Pink is told to shave theirs

Blue is shown as blood
in action films, fights, pride
Pink is bleeding every month
told blood shh! shame hide

Pink discovers lust - wrong
Blue discovers lust - right

Now Blue is called a player
but Pink is called a sket
Pink is told they glow
Blue is told they sweat
Blue is told they wank
Pink is told they sin
or Blue is called a pussy
Pink is called a bitch

Now Pink is told to be a lady
Do not spit - swear - smell
Blue is told to be a man
Do not cry or ask for help
Blue is told to man up
Pink is told to make up
Blue is told to stay strong
Pink is told to stay young
Blue is told to get rich
Pink is told to want kids
Blue is told they mansplain
Pink is told they gossip
Blue is told they're bosses
Pink is told they're bossy
Blue is having breakdowns
Pink is having botox

Cunnilingus is censored
more than rape scenes or blow jobs

Blue is told: this makes a man
Pink is told: this makes a girl

Babies born in naked flesh
Welcome to the World

Copyrights Jake Dypka and Hollie McNish