Month: November 2020

Monthly Archives: November 2020

Filters

OUR FILM-

THEME: Rebellion

SUBJECT: anti-art, risk, absurd, authority

VISUALS: inspiration from The Rebel Bear, Banksy, political street art in Melbourne and general everyday graffiti

SOUND: hustle and bustle of life, ambient street sounds, interspersed with periods of quiet and one individual in isolation

TITLE: pending

ROLES: we are all sharing the roles of producer, photographer and editor equally so that we can understand what goes into each role and learn more about film-making as we work

RISK+ABSURD+ANTI-ART

vandalism, laws/legality, challenging comfort zone
Dadaism, nonsense words, randomness
Dadaism, graffiti, political messaging, Banksy

EXAMPLES-

OUR PLAN-

We’ll meet again
Don’t know where, don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again
Some sunny day

Above are the words we are planning on graffiting because they come from a song that was popular during Jersey’s occupation and it also relates to lockdown, loneliness, and feelings of isolation.

We planning to create a soundscape made up of ambient beach and weather noises, mixed with sounds of large groups of people talking switched with silence, to represent the difference between before and after/during quarantine.

ARTIST REFERENCES-

BANKSY-

Banksy is a world-famous British anonymous street artist, who uses a distinctive stenciling technique to reveal strong political messages and question society and its issues. His works often sell at auctions for hundreds of thousands of pounds, even millions, but other times they are defaced within hours of being painted on public streets. He has been described as the trigger for a cultural revolution, making graffiti and street art not just mindless vandalism but a legitimate art form worth money and attention. A concept, “the Banksy effect” has even been created by journalist Max Foster, describing how other street artists have also grown and gained fame due to Banksy’s success. His anonymity has led to an almost cult-like following f fans who track his every visible move and treating his work as the highest of art forms.

EXAMPLES-

THE REBEL BEAR-

The Rebel Bear (also known as the Scottish Banksy) is an anonymous Scottish street artist who created lots of street art during lockdown and quickly became well known for his often political monochrome graffiti. He says that his work is “not strictly legal”, and apparently goes out in the middle of the night to avoid being noticed or caught by the authorities. His art often has strong political messaging, relating to many contemporary issues like the pandemic, climate change, or the general state of humanity.

EXAMPLES-

MELBOURNE’S POLITICAL GRAFFITI-

Even more anonymous street art, this time over is Melbourne, Australia, well-known for painting enormous street artworks with strong political messages. The work is almost always highly political, but recently a lot of it has been painted over or taken down, to the outrage of many residents and the artists, who feel as though their freedom of speech is being targeted.

EXAMPLES-

Jaden Smith’s Louis Vuitton Campaign

Jaden Smith Louis Vuitton Campaign: Spring 2016 Ads | Vogue — Spring/Summer 2016 Women’s Wear Campaign

” Jaden Smith (son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith to Gen X-ers; Insta-generation icon to the Gen-Z set) wearing a pleated skirt”

” Yes, a boy in women’s clothes in a womenswear campaign.”

“What sets the Vuitton ads apart is that they feature Mr. Smith as himself, but in women’s clothing.”

Specifically, in pieces straight off the runway from the last women’s show: a black leather jacket (look No. 2, originally worn by Lily Stewart), a white cotton and metal embroidered top (look No. 24) and a metal embroidered kilt (look No. 3).”

“or a man wearing clothing that looks as if it could be worn by either gender. Nor is he a man wearing woman-inspired men’s wear,”

“He is a man who happens to be wearing obviously female clothes. And while he doesn’t look like a girl in them, he actually looks pretty good. “

““I like wearing super drapey things so I can feel as though I’m a super hero” (in an interview in GQ) “

““represents a generation that has assimilated the codes of true freedom, one that is free of manifestoes and questions about gender,” Mr. Ghesquière stated. “Wearing a skirt comes as naturally to him as it would to a woman who, long ago, granted herself permission to wear a man’s trench or a tuxedo.””

” “Thank You So Much @louisvuitton And @nicolasghesquiere For The Opportunity To Impact This World.””

4.00-4.40

Cross Dressing

0.46-0.49 , 2.06-3.10

“I would wear full makeup every day in school eyelashes leggings with Doc Martens and huge fur coats for two and a half years” – Sam Smith

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“the only opinion that really affects me is my own opinion of myself because I determined the way I am not anyone else”

“the possible outcome still in some ways forces us to hide the secret “- cross Dressing

“I consider this to be my hobby and when I say that people that could be as if I’m very strange … but me putting on a dress or doing makeup is considered in some ways to be not normal and that’s an argument that I was find interesting”

“I find that cross-dressing for one of a better expression allows me the opportunity to express myself in a different way that I couldn’t do as a guy I spend 95% of my time as a guy”

” I’m 100 percent heterosexual I love women so much so there are times I just like to project a very positive image of them”

“gender is just a construct two people should just be free to dress how they want to”

“I think clothes really do have a power”

“I think in doing that they’re saying that these clothes don’t need to be for women”

“is there a need to place a gender binary on clothing removing that from fashion will allow like a space for people to explore themselves even further”

“it’s really strange how there’s like women’s wear menswear people should just be free to dress how they want to because it just feels so good”

“I would say embrace every single part of yourself and realize your worth”