Monday, February 16, 2009

Fractured


The idea is there, but the poster medium is the wrong format. "Posters are like one liners," and what I'm saying requires a different medium. A visual essay compiled in a book? Something web based? Motion?

Will continue to create a point of view about social networking sites and branding the self. What do the forms and messages people post about themselves communicate to the public? What would a typology of myspace profiles look like? See 2004's Exactitudes for reference (typology of subcultures in Rotterdam, Brazil and Beijing.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Experiments in Moresque Ornament Systems



OUTSIDER ANGST. Experimenting with a grid system used in Moresque Ornamentation. Images from "Sixteen Candles," an iconic film about "heroes who were certifiable losers."

NYT article here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/09/fashion/09VIEW.html?ex=1233810000&en=cafab61425bc42f4&ei=5070

AMAZONS OF GLAMOUR. More symmetrical. Image from Vogue, Sept. '93, height of the supermodel craze. Models prominent icons for the 90's.