“The artist analyses forms, functions and materials that make up the show space to then create architectural details, which transform the viewer into player in a process of reconversion.”
(http://www.technogelworld.com/michael-beutler)
He is related to my FMP in that I am looking at shanty towns and the African environment. He creates architecturally inspired pieces which are linked to shelter like the shanty towns. The pieces he uses are colorful and remind me of patchwork which reflect my photographs. The layering he uses is also echoed in my primary research.
Vivienne Westwood has been involved in an ethical fashion program. The program was to support over 7,000 women to improve their lives. The program helped some of the poorest people in the world and helped them get jobs. It helped children attend school. It pays for medical expenses. It ensures other basic need. All the people involved in Vivienne Westwood’s Ethical Fashion Africa collection have learnt new skills. The aim is that many will start their own companies and train the next generation of skilled workers, raising the standard of living in one of the world’s most fragile economies. She used some of them as models for her fall campaign.
(http://www.viviennewestwood.co.uk/multimedia/made-with-love-in-nairobi)
Vivienne Westwood has used or seen the beauty of these poor areas of Africa – taking colour or pattern to inspire her collection.
“The artist Do-Ho-Shu draws upon tailoring techniques to create large-scale architectural structures. His work explores sculptural characteristics of rooms and entire houses, using fashion techniques to expand his idea of ‘clothing as space’. (Bradley Quinn: The Fashion of Architecture)
His work is like mine will be. He is inspired by architecture and I like how he uses fabric to become shelters and like architecture.
“Hussein Chalayan’s clothes are minimal in look but maximal in thought; his fascination with architecture, spatial dynamics, urban identity and aerodynamics are expresses in garments based on concepts, architectural systems and theories of the body.”
(Bradley Quinn: The Fashion of Architecture)
Another designer that looks at architecture and incorporates it into fashion is Chalayan. Again he is looking at 2D/3D and the use of layering links with other research I have shown here.
Pieter Hugo was born 1976 and grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. He is a South African photographer who primarily works in portraiture and whose work engages with both documentary and art traditions with a focus on African communities. For the past year Hugo has been photographing the people and landscape of an expansive dump of obsolete technology in Ghana. The area, on the outskirts of a slum known as Agbogbloshie, is referred to by local inhabitants as Sodom and Gomorrah.
His photography is quite strong and unusual. I love the textures and it could become a garment. His photography is similar to mine in the waste and has a textured feel from the dusty landscape and the different forms.
"Huang Qingjun and Ma Hongjie decided to collaborate on this project, ‘Family Stuff’ in 2005. They have visited a number of areas in China for this project looking for typical Chinese homes to photograph by bringing the domestic objects used in everyday life outside. ‘Huang and Ma work as independent partners, Huang covering the North, Ma the South of the country. Convincing families to expose themselves to their cameras is the major challenge that both face on their respective expeditions. Building trust and laying the groundwork for the shoot can take months, again and again Huang and Ma have to explain why they want the families to empty their houses and let the artists decoratively arrange their belongings outside. Once they have agreed to participate, most families are happy to display their possessions, even more so since they receive financial compensation. In some cases, not all belongings are permitted to be shown, in others not all furniture fits through the doorways; but generally, the artists confirm, their portraits depict average Chinese reality as it is today: simple, unpretentious and compared to 20 years ago, strikingly void of political paraphernalia. In 2011 this project is scheduled to end with a total of 50 pictures and a book’. You can read more about this project on a mesa de luz."
(http://www.pampig.org/dev/wordpress/tag/china/page/2/)
These photographs are similar to mine in showing everyday objects – found objects. These show interesting forms and the composition and how they come together is interesting. The amount of visual information in these images is similar to some of mine – it is like a jumble sale.
Harold Kensington- Autumn 2011 collection
“My style is informed by oversized fit translated into refined wearable womenswear; delivering a quality assured/luxury collection amidst the exploration of new surfaces, fit and creativity.”
This is a collection by Harold Kensington- Autumn 2011 collection. What I like about this collection that designs are tailored and meant to be loosely fitted, he is inspired by the depression of the 1940s (baggy, outsized, second hand clothing) mixed with African stripes and layers. I like this mix of loose and fitted – I like the way the silhouette comes off the shoulders and out until it comes back at the ankles. I like the layering, the different textures created by the boiled wool, cotton and leather. The colours are bright and vibrant the remind me of the colours I found in the market. I will be developing some design ideas in a similar way.
Michael Beutler links with my primary source which is the shanty town as his works I’ve selected remind me of shanty towns. The idea of shelter and protection is obvious but the patchwork he uses is like the way shanty town dwellings are made. Shanty towns are put together from anything in the surroundings which is how he builds his work. The colors in his work link with my market scene photograph. The different textures in Beutler’s work are like the different textures found in some of my photographs. His works look unstable and loose like shanty town dwellings. Beutler’s work has raw edges and isn’t neat. It looks as if it has been assembled last minute – as do shanty towns.
Chalayan was an influence with his link to architecture. I am using architecture to inform fashion. The image above mimics the appearance of shanty town houses layered one on top of the other. I looked at Vivienne Westwood because of the link with Africa but chose this particular image as it had strong links to my images.
From this research and my photographs, I will focus on layering, texture, colour, patchwork, clutter, found objects, pieces of rubbish which are evident in all my references. My final piece will reflect layering – it won’t be a flat surface. It will also be textured and have lots of different visual information all at once. It will be busy and have a variety of texture, colour and pattern. I want the audience to feel the decay – it won’t be fresh and new and clean. It will reflect the asymmetric sections of shanty walls and roofs as well as the textures.
This research has narrowed down my project to shanty towns instead of being generally about my Sierra Leone images. I focused more on the architecture and structures of the dwellings to become more textile and print based. I realized how much information I could get from this theme.
Bibliography
Quinn, B. (2003). The Fashion of Architecture. Oxford, Berg.
http://www.viviennewestwood.co.uk/multimedia/made-with-love-in-nairobi (Accessed 02/03/2012)
http://www.pampig.org/dev/wordpress/tag/china/page/2/ (Accessed 15/03/2012)
http://www.technogelworld.com/michael-beutler ( Accessed 18/03/2012)
http://www.frieze.com/shows/review/michael_beutler/ ( Accessed 15/02/2012)
http://creative-idle.blo gspot.com/2011/06/brand-of-week-harold-kensington.html
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