SS19 was inspired particularly by the moment that punk morphed into new wave, but without wanting to turn only to the cliches of the era. “I was thinking, ‘How could I do it in a way that doesn’t grab the typical ingredients?’” Simons said. “So no safety pins.” Describing the collection as “do it yourself meets …
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The Philosophy of Punk
For a more informative look on the punk movement, rather than visual, I read the book titled, The Philosophy of Punk: More than Noise! by Craig O’Hara. Many think of punk and only think of the fashion, and perhaps the music, but punk was much more than that, and in fact, it’s the ‘more’ that …
PUNK: chaos to couture
Another book I’ve read is PUNK: Chaos to Couture. It celebrates the punk movement as a whole, not just in Northern Ireland, and gives loads of contemporary examples of designers taking inspiration from the original movement, alongside images from the time of the original movement. I found this book very visually inspiring. Here are some …
Art & Agenda
I’ve recently read a few books on using art for political good. One of the books is Art & Agenda: Political Art and Activism which I found really interesting, as it included examples of artists that have used their creative platform to send powerful messages, sometimes in shocking ways, something that relates back to the …
Lecture: Individuality and Uniformity
Sumptuary Laws: Laws regulating permitted consumptions, especially in relation to clothing/fabricsEasy way to identify social rank and privilegeMeans of preventing commoners from imitating the appearance of aristocratsMeans for the nobility to cap the conspicuous consumption of the prosperous bourgeoisie of medieval cities Simmel: Trickle down theoryEmulationDistinctionThe ‘Mask’ of Fashion ‘Fashions are always class fashions, by …
Lecture: Identity
Notes/summary of 1st year Identity lecture (I picked out the information that is useful to me and what I’m looking at for my module this year): Historical phases of identity:Douglas Kellner – Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity and Politics between the Modern and the Postmodern, 1992 Pre modern identity – personal identity is stable – defined …
Ideas
So, I’m quite a bit further into the process of developing my concept. I originally started this project looking into Northern Ireland’s current state socially/politically, and then the history of N.I.. While this will still be a part of my project, since looking more into the Punk movement during the Troubles, my specific area of …
Lecture: Punk
My thoughts on previous lectures from my first and second years of uni (as I thought I would look back on previous things I’ve learned and apply them to what I’m currently looking at, if relevant): “In the arts, bricolage (French for “DIY” or “do-it-yourself projects”) is the construction or creation of a work from …
Murals
As I’m currently looking more into the creative scene in Northern Ireland, specifically political art, it’s only right to mention the infamous murals of the country. Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. Around 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. I suppose they’re almost an artistic timeline of political and religious …
Good Vibrations
Last night I watched a movie about the life of a man Terri Hooley. I didn’t write any notes as I suppose some of the events may have been exaggerated, but I wanted to feel inspired and to learn the overall jist of the punk movement, and from what I’ve been told, Mr Hooley was …
time to change 