Little Girls Gone Wild : Cecilie Lind

About this project

By stepping on the laws of morality, this project aims to question where the line is supposed to be drawn. What do you think?

for example that they´re cool, or strong, or smart… Upon arrival at the schoolhouse steps, the typical first grader can evoke 200 brands. Advetisers spend more than $15 billion a year on commercials targeting children.

pressure to be trendy, sexual harassment, bullying, child pornography and sexual violence among and against youths and children.

The border separating children from adults is blurred, raising doubt whether youngsters are grown-up, if they are sexually mature, to what signals they radiate, and to what extent they are aware of how those signals are perceived in an adult world.

society you like to live in? Is this a problem youth will outgrow, or is it something that will characterize them throughout their lives?

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Published in Klassekampen 29.05.09

Littlt Girls Gone Wild
Installation at Gallery GAD

Little Girls Gone Wild
Installation, mixed media, 2009

Play Pal Pinky
Come play with me

Play Pal Pinky
At Toysrus Oslo City shopping mall

Girlz Gold Goodie
Feel like a princess

Girlz Gold Goodie
At Toysrus Oslo City shopping mall

Tummy Tickler
Get the giggles

Tummy Tickler
At Toysrus Oslo City shopping mall

Magic Bummy
Twinkle twinkle little star

Magic Bummy
At Toysrus Oslo City shopping mall

My Boy Lollipop
Sweet az candy

My Boy Lollipop
At Toysrus Oslo City shopping mall

Little Girls Gone Wild
Logo

Girlz Gold Goodie - This project aims to comment on the increased sexualization of children in media. It visualizes a dystopia of a society, an exaggeration of an increasing trend. It also comments on a new young-peoples disease – exhibitionism.
By stepping on the laws of morality, this project aims to question where the line is supposed to be drawn. What do you think?

Play Pal Pinky - Kids can recognize logos by 18 months, and before their second birthday, they´re asking for products by brand names. By three or three-and-ahalf, experts say, children start to believe that brands communicate their personal qualities
for example that they´re cool, or strong, or smart… Upon arrival at the schoolhouse steps, the typical first grader can evoke 200 brands. Advetisers spend more than $15 billion a year on commercials targeting children.

Tummy Tickler - The outcome of media´s influence and of unobtainable ideals are, according to American scientists, low selv-esteem, eating-disorders, plastic surgery,
pressure to be trendy, sexual harassment, bullying, child pornography and sexual violence among and against youths and children.

Magic Bummy - The sexualization of children in media works two-ways, by making children look like grown-ups, and by making adults look more childish.
The border separating children from adults is blurred, raising doubt whether youngsters are grown-up, if they are sexually mature, to what signals they radiate, and to what extent they are aware of how those signals are perceived in an adult world.

My Boy Lollipop - 64 percent of sexually active teens name the media – not parents, friends, or teachers – as their source of information on sex. Is this the kind of
society you like to live in? Is this a problem youth will outgrow, or is it something that will characterize them throughout their lives?