HEW LOCKE

This week I visited the Hew Locke exhibition on display in the AUCB gallery.
It was really great exhibition featuring sculptures and drawings which were very intriguing. 
The sculptures on display looked very ritualistic and almost voodoo like and reminded me slightly of Marcel Duchamps 'found objects'. They were made up of a variety of different items which were vibrant and clashed with each other to create very loud but beautiful sculptures.
In the guide it was described as "a space in which mysterious objects are contained;ritual and votive objects, a secret space, a den, a play-house for the audience to journey their own minds".

FIRST YEAR

I found this mood board whilst looking over my blog from last year, this being the first piece of work I produced at AUCB, a punk mood board.

MoDIP BLOG

Our MoDIP team project is now on display in the AUCB library and a link to our blog is displayed on the website!

SHEPHERDS BUSH FABRIC SHOPS

I read an article about council plans to redevelop the area surrounding Shepherds bush market.

I think this would be devastating news to a lot of fashion students and also young designers who depend on the area to find cheaper sources of fabric. 

The article said that the market which has about 150 traders would be forced to shut down within 5 years if it was not redeveloped.

ON|OFF Fashion video

A likely vehicle of inspiration for Fashion as a Forum...


ON|OFF TV

TOILE REVIEW 2

TOILE REVIEW 2

Today was my second toile review and I'm starting to feel a bit happier about my collection. I made all the changes that were brought up in the last review and a few things still need tweaking here and there but I can now look forward making the real garments. 


A few things I still need to change are:

• The length of my skirt and dress
• Exaggerating the 3D feature on my corset
• Creating a better fit for my jacket
• Exaggerating the shape around the bust of my top.

I plan to get at least one of my patterns completely finished by the end of this week so I can buy my material and begin making next week!

FASHION AS A FORUM TUTORIAL

Today I had a tutorial with Sarah James for my Fashion as a Forum unit. 

After showing her a draft of my introduction she told me things I needed to add such as a summary of the essay as a whole and explaining why the subject is important. 

We also discussed what direction I should take my research as I had a couple of ideas that were quite different and would have been hard to discuss in only a 2500 word essay.

My ideas were;

• To discuss the effect New Media is having on shopping. 
• Comparing how New media is utilized in high fashion in comparison to high street fashion.
• Why Fashion film is becoming an increasingly growing trend.

I've decided to focus on the last point, why fashion film is becoming an increasingly growing trend, as I will be able to look into the history of fashion film The growth of internet and social networking, and how film is used to exhibit the mood and ethos of a brand rather than the clothes for sale.

SALVADOR DALI EXHIBITION

Whilst in Prague I visited a Salvador Dali exhibition in the White Unicorn gallery in the Old town square.

Exhibited where a collection of Graphics, pottery and sculpture all displayed across several different rooms.

The atmosphere in the gallery was very welcoming and well lit. The space was quite tight as opposed to open plan which I think gave good flow to the sequence of the art work.
Each room seemed to display a group of work from the same collection of pieces as there seemed to be a coherent flow from piece to piece.

I found the pieces to be very inspirational in terms of colours and also for illustration style. I loved the use of mixed media.