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Examining the evidence. The trial of Arthur Orton was the most lengthy and costly in England until the late 20th century. He became known as The Claimant for he returned from Australia after ten years claiming to be the long lost Sir Roger Tichborne, heir to the Tichborne estate. He was hailed as a flamboyant hero by the working classes who would wait outside Palace Yard in London whenever possible to catch the latest news on the trial.

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Postmodernism: embraces the past - rejection of modernist ideas/ the spectacular/ mixing up of high and low

Andrea Gursky ‘99 cent’ 1999

Haie Steinbach ‘charm of tradition’ 1985

Multiple narratives - stories of the past. Who you are affects the the way you see history. note ‘History of the present’ Edward Carr

Historical truth is a process of consensus. Multiple truths - not one single history. I agree with this concept - there are many different versions of the truth all seen from a different perspectives. Two people can live through the exact same experience but both will document or record their version of events in completely different way depending upon their own perception of the world around them.

History is not an objective series of facts

Positiurism (problematic) - it aims to collect information and classify the world in an objective way. Society according to general laws 

Histories - full of gaps, disagreements, uncertainties

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Modernism ( Late C19th and early C20th) 

* The Bauhaus: form follows function

* Linear, ordered, servicelity

* Avant - garde : cutting edge

* Art is experimental  - Alexander Rochento ‘Pine trees’/ Marcel Duchamp ‘Fountain’

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Participatory Culture continued...

The ‘Truman Show Delusion’ - panopticon point. It is safe to say that in the age of the internet and social media we are all living under a life of constant surveillance. However we are mostly, not always, in control of our own portrayal of how we wish our lives to be seen through the likes of Facebook etc. However at the same time we are subject to unwanted photographs/videos etc taken by those around us and posted onto the web. Forever in circulation and almost impossible to retrieve years after the event. This makes us all vulnerable to being labelled by one particular event/aspect t of our lives.

Surveillance and Sousveillance

Is history constructed/fabricated?|

The way shows are curated ( note ‘The Great German Exhibition...)

Historiography : questioning the process of writing history. Challenging and changing interpretations of history

The past: complex,messy, fragmented

History is an attempt to make sense of the past

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Participatory Culture

Henry Jenkins - Spreadable media

Emergence (1985-1993) - ‘Zeen’ peak

Waking up to the web (1994-1998) - Google, Amazon, Ebay, Yahoo

Push button publishing (1999 - 2004) - Facebook, Flicker, My Space

Ubiquitous connections (2005 - 2011) - Jim Carey website

Age of Selfie (self promotion portraiture) ...this is what I shall cover in my poster and essay as I feel a huge majority of us are affected psychologically by the selfie and what it portrays about our actual lives and the way in which we wish our lives to be perceived by others

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What is Visual Culture?

Visual culture involves the study of critical concepts in media and cultural studies. It covers: Film studies, psychoanalytical there, sex/gender studies, queer theory, tv/media studies, video game studies, comics, artistic media, advertising, social media and the web, and any other component that has a crucial visual component.

We must consider: 1) what does an image do? 2) what happens when media is saturated with similar images? (think effects of glamorous selfies - poster and essay?) 3) how is an image seen 4) how is it understood/interpreted? 5) how does an image communicate an idea visually? 5) how are they structured 6) consider the relationship between images and consumers

How does the above tie in with my own work?

Design for a particular function i.e. Graffiti Art. Note the image of war used in ‘United Colours of Beneton’ ad

Hiphop culture: position of females (Snoop Dog). Appropriation of ‘Pimp’ identity

Race, class, consumerism, black culture

Political discussions underneath the image 

Sub culture: visually recognisable, but initially out of main stream culture

Film Noir

Things that document social movements

Bentham’s designs - power relationships (FuKo) prisoners

Frameworks - the difference between seeing films in different spaces

Sub theory: Robots discussed in the film ‘Exmacina’...the way they depict robots aesthetically pleasing symmetrical faces

Using visual imagery to change ideology

John Berger - ‘Ways of Seeing’, Laura Mulvey - ‘Visual Pleasures & Narrative Cinema’

Maurice Merleau - Ponty - too heavy

‘This means this, that means that’ - a users guide to ‘Semiotics’

W.J.T Mitchell

Pollock

Gender: journals - advertising

corgis.com  culture machine 

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Bell Hooks on ‘Critical Thinking’

Bell Hooks talks of stepping outside of the box. I agree with her theories on living a life which is true to your nature, seeing life from different angles without allowing the conforms of society to dictate the life you should live.

She explains the importance of thinking and questioning in order to lead an authentic life. To avoid this practice is ‘damaging to the soul.’ She poses vital questions about gender and racial equality