exhibiton planning sketches
my exhibition proposal

with various ideas and alternative ways of lookingat it

board and roll of paper try out

photograph exhibition spaces around uni.




final plan. what i want to do

evaluation

refer back to quiz results - friends, friends is oemthing i assoicate with it.
needs to be incorportate. cant illustrate, done prince of bel air - wouldnt be as obvious. gonna use found imagery - way to do that. layer, capture moments of time. write title, titles are unique and easily associted. put in 3 experiments of written.

also, break down of each chosen episode. why i chose it - print out of top 10 lists from online.

question of aunthenticity when using found material.

disney movies assocaite with the 90s. first looked at ones made in 90s then thought about how even the classics are something i personally associate with the 90s cause thats when i love them so much..
example of illustration for one inspired by lewry.

5-15 for final piece.

link back to quiz results. quiz results reference. david shrigley. childhood elements! illustrations - 25- 30 basic pen drawings with block colour and one liners.

back to corrine day - shooot promoting virgin suicides.

polaroid shoot.
research briefly on polaroids. photocopy two into sketchbook. experiment with writing in tipex.

20-40 for final piece.

link to crazy beautiful. evidence of 90s fashion although 2001 film.

she makes photographs. writes on the photographs. old baby photographs of myself. blow up add writiing.
evidenece of 1 x2 diferent writing styles
and one toher

20 for the final project.

photography from the 90s had a grunge feel - corrine day one of my favourite photographers who i looked at in stereotypes project.

i looked at her proffessional relationship with kate moss.. kate moss images.
kate moss was big in the 90s a new british name!
standard british girl becomes fashion icon.
black and white shoot with hannah
negative frames article
print with negatives showing.


grunge reference to epic records - lead on to clueless.

clueless collages. ray johnson research! collages x 5. one small in sketchbook

other film art? choose 5 films!

link to the grunge trend. - loads of grunge trend research

- textiles and fashion museum visit.

the idea of decade trends, mention of previous decade stereotypes.
johhnys bird, trend reoccurence; mary kate, jesse jo, alice dellal

grunge shoot wiht hannah! outfit choices.
contact sheets. chosen. edits. x 2 printed finals.
40-50 for the final piece.

back to the subject of music. kurt cobain, nirvana - one of my influences for this project theme.
talk about kurt cobain - research.

images. idea of shoot wiht hannah.
result of shoot. contact sheets. chosen photos. x 2 prints.

jeremy deller research!

exhibiton info and photos


david shrigley exhibition mention - possible way to represent quiz results? try out two!

trip to the music museum. document.

chart music from the 90s! - print out top 10 from each year of the 90s
highlight the ones that stand out to me.
choose lyrics to 20 relevant songs! page on how to represent lyrics. printing etc.

find 90s album chart. highlight significant artists
create photocopy art. enitial experiment. one final.
reference to fucked up and photocopied book - another artist that looks at photocopying?
20-30 of the actual ones in final piece!

park life - the lyrics are relevant. one of my ffavourite. image of blur. - lyrics printed. highlight pigeon.
my pigeon shoot!
reprint onto newspaper. add lyrics from parklife!!

spice girls images
spice girls research
[ shoot with rhia] - contact sheets chosen photos. edit photos. x 2 prints.
finals within project.

different ways of representing the quiz ; masking tape? labels?

QUIZ!

results and notes

something i feel represents the acceptance of black culture and the ethnic, hip hop attire as a 90s trend is the introduction of african print influence within mainstream, lets say 'white' fashion aswell;
shown are white icons wearing clothing with ethnic print influences..

my choice of representation; blank faced very caucasion blonde hair blue hairs with african prints overlayed. to show the stark contrast.

looking at the prince of bel air i noticed how a lot of african print is present within the cothing of will smith's character. this is something relevant throughout the 90s and for me is one of the relevant trends.

[african print meaning research]

this links to the whole idea of how black empowerment was very relevant in the 90s, not in the same political black rights way as oreviously, but in the 90s it is really significant that being black was something to be proud of.. music..

a tribe called west nigga lyrics; the use of nigga as an effectionate term introduced/ frowned upon

illustraaate..

my prince of bel air illustration ; a couple for the book - thoughts on them.

30 in total.

Kathryn Elyse Rodgers

[info]

this is a story all about how, my life got flipped turned upside down..

[intro] The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996. The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to move in with his aunt and uncle in their wealthy Bel Air mansion, where his lifestyle often clashes with that of his relatives. The 148 episodes were broadcast over six seasons.[1][2]Contents [hide] 1 Background2 Theme song and opening sequence3 Cast and characters4 Episodes5 Recurring settings5.1 The Banks mansion5.2 Bel-Air Academy5.3 Jazz's apartment in Compton5.4 KFPB Channel 8 News station5.5 ULA Student Store6 Syndication7 DVD releases8 Awards and nominations9 References10 External links[edit] BackgroundWill Smith was a popular and successful rapper during the late 1980s, but because he spent money too freely and grossly underpaid his income taxes, he was assessed a penalty of $2.8 million by the IRS. The agency subsequently seized many of his possessions and garnished his income.[3] This left Smith nearly bankrupt when, in 1990, he was approached by the television network NBC who signed him on to a contract and built a sitcom around him.[4][edit] Theme song and opening sequenceThe theme song and opening sequence set the premise of the show. Will Smith is a street-smart teenager, born and raised in West Philadelphia, who was sent to live with his aunt and uncle in Bel Air, Los Angeles after getting in a fight.The theme song was written and performed by Smith, as "The Fresh Prince". The music was composed by Quincy Jones, who is credited with Smith at the end of each episode. The music often used to bridge scenes together during the show is based on a similar chord structure. The full version of the theme song was used unedited on some early episodes. The full-length version, which is 2:52", was included on Will Smith's Greatest Hits album and attributed to himself only. A 3:23" version was released in the Netherlands in 1992, and reached #3 on the charts.For the first few episodes of the show stanzas one to three and stanzas six and seven were used. Beginning with Episode #4 (titled "Not With My Pig, You Don't"), only the first two and the last two stanzas of the song were used. The change to the theme song allowed for longer episodes to be created.Seasons 1, 5, and 6 featured an instrumental version of the theme and still photographs from the episode for the closing credits. In Seasons 2, 3, and 4, the music and stills were dropped and closing credits would almost always appear over bloopers and outtakes from the episode.[edit] Cast and charactersMain article: List of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air charactersWill Smith as Will "The Fresh Prince" SmithAlfonso Ribeiro as Carlton BanksJames Avery as Philip "Uncle Phil" BanksKaryn Parsons as Hilary BanksJanet Hubert-Whitten as Vivian Banks (Seasons 1–3;)Daphne Maxwell Reid as Vivian Banks (Seasons 4–6;)Tatyana M. Ali as Ashley BanksJoseph Marcell as Geoffrey, the ButlerRoss Bagley as Nicky BanksJeffrey Townes as DJ Jazzy Jeff "Jazz"

[ shoot with tuka ] - influence photocopied from 90s magazines.

daddy was my 90s man

looking at these images of black males in the 90s, i notice a lot of black empowerment t-shirts and the recurring shaved side head. looking back at old photographs, i see my dad as being within this category. the way eh used to dress and style his hair definitely evidences the whole black hip hop/ empowerment era.
i like to include personal elements within my work, so that it really feels like my own - demonstrating an investment in my work. as a lot of this project is about nostalgia i think this rings even more crucial. for this reason, i would like to include some old photographs of my father where i feel he most represents a young black 90s male, adding to the overall feel and culture of my piece.

[ photos of dad ]
[ blow up photos of dad ]

initial inspiration and concept ideas.

after completing this foundation year i plan to progress into the field of jewellery design. as i have been doing the photography pathway, i found outside ways of expanding my portfolio to make it more jewellery specific. this included an evening course at central st martins with hannah martin. after learning some enitial techniques for drawing jewellery, we started to work on developing our own collections. first of all we researched a range of books and magazines to get a feel for images that we liked, i found myself drawn to 90s magaines such as i:d, vogue and elle. Hannah had spoken to us about how she often creates her moodboards around a chcaracter, choosing images that build up the kind of person that you'd expect to see your jewellery worn by. like creating a customer to design for. i found myself subconciously employing this technique and i the character i created was a swarve 90s hip hop male, with an element of class.
i got really exited wheni started researching these magazines and building my character and this has definitely influenced my decission for my final major project theme. when i enitially thought about what i might create in my final major project i felt like the prince of bel air would be an influence, the prince of bel air is omething i identify with in terms of nostalgia, culture and style, i associate it with my childhood and with my personality.
considering both of these factors, the idea of the prince of bel air and 'black hip hop swarve' i've decided this is a good area to begin my research on.

[ add photo of moodboard]
[ black model - mount and annotate]