Post Modernism V&A

Post Modernism has many themes including theatrical themes, elements of complexity, contradiction and defiantly style. This piece by Robert Longo is simplistic in style but very powerful. This image from a series of 'Men in the City' creates different atmospheres. I think this piece demonstrates contradiction because the figure looks likes he is dancing, or maybe about to faint? fit?

Here is another image from the series, again incredibly theatrical and free but is the figure dancing? Falling? In pain?

Here is more from the series. Again I think these figures due to there shape look like they could be in a fight or caught in gun fire. Or are they simply dancing and maybe an influence for apple.

Recycle the old as the New...

Buy it, Use it, Break it, Fix it, Trash it, Use it, Change it, Now upgrade it.

Artisits using socail media to promote and communicate with fans

http://www.flowtown.com/blog/how-six-hip-hop-artists-use-social-media

The Impact Of Socail Media

http://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/news/blog/2011/oct/14/occupy-england-protests-gather-momentum-via-facebook

Tape measures were hung in strips to create blinds in the Levi store on Carnaby street. This is an example of an object that already has a job being used for a different purpose and therefore transforming the way we observe it. Personally I think this is unique and is eye catching for a store, it relates to the tailor measured jeans that Levi offer and is also visually impressive.

These are the images our group created, we wanted to experiment with location of objects and how this can change not only there function but there meaning. For example, using money as a hankie first of all changes the function to a hankie but also degrades the value of money. Is the value of £10 so low that it can be discarded as a hankie?

The second image is about the availability and value of a Mac Book, have they become a normal accessory of education that students have taken the technology for granted? Have they become as accessible as a drink from a vending machine?  

Finaly the third image is an extension of the same idea, using a Mac Book as a beer mat, therefore a loss in value and identity.