I wrote down all the designers I liked, both male and female, and design studios from the wall of stuff, that we all put up after having the quick-presentations in studio 2.
1. Bridget Riley http://nadav.harel.org.il/Bridget_Riley/
2. Ramona Todoca http://ramonatodoca.com/
3. Emily Allison http://www.emilyallisonstudios.com/
4. Anna Higgie http://www.annahiggie.com/
5. Kate Moross http://www.katemoross.com/
6. Julie Verhoaven http://www.julieverhoeven.com/
7. Jessica Hische http://jessicahische.is/awesome/
8. Ben Newman http://bennewman.co.uk/
9. I Love Dust http://ilovedust.com/
10. Serial Cut http://www.serialcut.com/
11. Nous Vous http://www.nousvous.eu/
12. Analogue studio http://www.analogstudio.co.uk/
13. My Dead Pony http://www.mydeadpony.com/
14. Radio design agency http://www.dialradio.com/
15. Kyle Reed http://www.reedefine.com/
16. Brian Keplesky http://bryankeplesky.com/
17. Dr. Alderete http://www.jorgealderete.com/
18. Jason Munn http://jasonmunn.com/posters.php
19. Olly Moss http://ollymoss.com/
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
CONTEXT OF PRACTISE. ESSEY TUTORIAL. with Richard
I chose advertising as my topic for the essay. I think that the quote that was given is partly true and false. I agree that advertising change how people think or feel but absolutely disagree with the first part of the quote. I think that advertising change how people think or feel in order to sell stuff. And that's how I'm going to approach my critical essay. We discussed it with Richard and he suggested that I would choose one example and wrote down some useful sources.
Saturday, 10 December 2011
CONTEXT OF PRACTICE. LECTURE NOTES. LECTURE 6
Italian vernacular cinema
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (Dario Argento, 1970)
Freudian Psychology is based on the work of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). Hw is considered the Father of Psychoanalysis and is largely credited with establishing the field of verbal psychotherapy. Originally trained as a neurologist, Freud is best known for his theories about the unconscious mind, dreams, infantile sexuality, libido, repression, and transference—all of which continue to influence the field of psychology. Freud's account of the mind's structure—id, ego, and super ego—led to a new understanding of human psychological development and the treatment of psychological disturbance.
What is an Italian giallo film? Mikel J. Koven’s latest book La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film attempts to illuminate this under-appreciated cultural phenomenon and is in fact the first English-language academic study to do so. The term giallo is often thrown about as if it were already some well-established facet of the national canon. As the films themselves will tell us, however, things are not always what they seem. In trying to get to the bottom of this mystery, a researcher might encounter a number of red herrings. References to relevant films in national cinema books are revealed to be throwaway mentions, or else the term is used interchangeably with Italian horror (as in Peter Bondanella’s Italian Cinema: From Neorealism to the Present [1]). The genre’s stylised violence points toward this, but how does the mystery/crime plot figure in this evaluation? We could follow clues leading us toward definitions of the detective film, but these would be troubled by the giallo’s elaborate set pieces and lack of cohesive narrative. The (only) fact is that the giallo is all this and more: a unique nationally-specific hybrid of genres, marked not by its submission to traditional generic boundaries, but by its tendencies to multiply and mutate.
Literally meaning “yellow”, the term giallo here references the cover design of pulp fiction novels first produced by Italian publishing house Mondadori in the late 1920s. Initially, these were mostly translations of crime/mystery stories by writers like Agatha Christie and Edgar Wallace, but it wasn’t long before home-grown literary gialli began to appear. Director Mario Bava is widely recognised as the father of the genre’s cinematic incarnation and Koven offers both Bava’s La ragazza che sapev troppo (The Girl Who Knew Too Much, 1962) andSei donne per l’assassino (Blood and Black Lace, 1964) as texts which establish and fix in place the textual conventions of the genre. Koven looks at a wide range of giallo films by more than 25 directors, but he points out in his introduction that the book’s interest does not lie in an auteurist study of this body of work. Rather, his book is an exploration of the giallo from a synchronic perspective with particular attention given to some of the thematic concerns which arise from textual study of these films.
di Trevi "La Dolce Vita" (1960)
8 1/2
(1963) Fellini
The world-renowned Italian film director Federico Fellini was born in the seaside village of Rimini on January 20, 1920. He was the oldest of three children, and a keen observer of the characters of his small town upbringing. He left for Rome in 1938 and enrolled in university to avoid being drafted into the service. He left school and in the years prior to the outbreak of World War II he made his living as a cartoonist. He also began writing and acting in sketch comedy productions and radio programs with his good friend Aldo Fabrizi. During this time period he met his wife, the actress Giuletta Masina who became a great influence on his work. Another famous Italian director, Roberto Rossellini, wished to cast Fellinis' friend Fabrizi in one of his films and Fellini arranged their meeting. Through that contact he started work as an assistant scriptwriter and was given access to the inner workings of how films are created and edited, thus beginning his new career as a film director.
His career in cinema spanned five decades and he gained much critical acclaim. He won many awards including four Oscars in the Best Foreign Language category. His films offer a combination of themes including memory, dreams, fantasy and desire. They are often intimate looks at people at their most bizarre and the term "Felliniesque" is used when depicting an ordinary scene that has been altered by the addition of hallucinatory imagery. Many current filmmakers such as Woody Allen, David Lynch, Pedro Almodovar and Terry Gilliam have claimed to have been influenced in their work by Fellini.
Federico Fellini died of a heart attack the day after celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary with Giuletta on 31 October 1993 in Rome.
“A forkful of westerns: industry,
audiences and the Italian western,” Christopher Wagstaff
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966
Mario Bava (31 July 1914 – 25 April 1980) was an Italian director, screenwriter, special effects artist, and cinematographer remembered as one of the greatest names from the "golden age" ofItalian horror films.
Dario Argento (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdarjo arˈdʒɛnto]; born 7 September 1940) is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, and for his influence on modern horror and slasher movies.
Lucio Fulci (Italian pronunciation: [ˈlutʃo ˈfultʃi]; 17 June 1927 – 13 March 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his directorial work on gore films, includingZombie (1979) and The Beyond (1981), although he made films in genres as diverse as giallo, western, and comedy. Fulci is known as the "Godfather of Gore" a title also given to Herschell Gordon Lewis.
The
Girl Who Knew Too Much (Mario, Bava, 1963)
The Baroque is a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature, dance, and music. The style started around 1600 in Rome, Italy and spread to most of Europe.
The popularity and success of the Baroque style was encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church, which had decided at the time of the Council of Trent, in response to the Protestant Reformation, that the arts should communicate religious themes in direct and emotional involvement.[2] The aristocracy also saw the dramatic style of Baroque architecture and art as a means of impressing visitors and expressing triumphant power and control. Baroque palaces are built around an entrance of courts, grand staircases and reception rooms of sequentially increasing opulence.
Five Dolls For An August Moon
(Mario Bava)
(Mario Bava)
What Is Freudian Psychology?
Friday, 9 December 2011
CONTEXT OF PRACTICE. TASK 3. (JO)
TASK:
Consider your favourite designers, creatives or agencies, and write as long a list as possible of their names. Research new ones as applicable.
From the list select one male, one female & one group/company/agency that you particularly admire & are inspired by. Please provide at least 3 samples of their work each - hard copies on A4 paper, preferably colour.
Please consider carefully the reasons you appreciate these designers, and also recall when/where you first heard about them. In addition, you must research certain facts about your selection - such as:
who - who are they? Identity, gender, nationality, age etc.
what - what do they specialise in? What are they known for?
where - where are they based? contact details.
when - when did they start?
how - when did they develop? how are they motivated?
Also generate a list of at least 10 reasons why you 'like' the selected individuals.
You will be presenting & discussing the information you gathered.
The session will depend on this information & your familiarity with it.
My List:
1. Danny Sangra
2. Chrissie Abbott
3. Jon Burgerman
4. Marc Johns
4. Jesse LeDoux's
5.Annie Collinge
6. La Boca
7. Damian Ortega
8. Emily Prince
9.Anthony Burrill
10. MeBox
11. David Shrigley
12. Robert Brownjohn
13. Rene Magritte
14.Clay Sinclair
15. david Mach
16.Zimound
17.Jin Yo Mok
18. Chuck Jones
19.Stephan Sagmeister
20. Max Kisman
21.Zepton
22. Nik Ainley
23. Brian Dettmer
24. Robin Clark
25. Zim and Zou
26.Pablo Alfieri
27. Emil Kozak
28. Jonathan Moore
30. Ben Barry
31. Timothy Goodman
32. Paul rand
33.Saul Bass
34. David Shirgley
35. Craig Atkirson
36. Micah Smith
37. Adam Turman
38. Bruce Mau
39. The Decoder Ring
DANNY SANGRA (male graphic designer)
I think it's not a coincidence that I keep mentioning Danny Sangra. I think he's basically the reason why I'm here in Leeds and why i did my foundation in Central Saint Martins. On summer 2009 I went to London to do a Summer course in CSM 'Designers London', accident or no accident Danny Sangra was the one who was the mentor of the course. We visited a lot of places in london and met a lot of designers, video directors and creative people in the creative industries, the funny part was that though I researched all the artists and designers we visited but I actually never looked at Danny Sangra's work, until he invited us to 'It's nice that' talk. Where he and my other most favorite designer Chrissie Abbot did a talk on their creative lives and the work:
He was the first person to mention not only Central Saint Martins, that I obviously knew about already but he was THE ONE person who first ever mentioned Leeds College of Art. He did a foundation year in Leeds. And I still remember how he was talking with an other girl from the same course about the Leeds college of art- he mentioned in in a really good way. I guess that's why I'm really interested in everything he does, because he's one of my accidental biggest inspirations- I guess You can put it like that.
Graphic designer based in London. Age: 30. Finished Central saint Martins. He's really versatile and it may seem quite confusing but now when I know more about him it's just what defines him. He said on the talk that he gets bored of stuff quite fast, that's why he always up for trying new techniques, media and styles.
Known for:
He is a brilliant graphic designer and since joining Scrawl Collective has become one of their busiest artists.
Contact: Mail@DannySangra.com ; http://facebook.com/
College year 2003.
Inspired by: London as a city. He likes to surround himself with motivated people and a lot of visual work so he could be motivated and creative 24/7.
Consider your favourite designers, creatives or agencies, and write as long a list as possible of their names. Research new ones as applicable.
From the list select one male, one female & one group/company/agency that you particularly admire & are inspired by. Please provide at least 3 samples of their work each - hard copies on A4 paper, preferably colour.
Please consider carefully the reasons you appreciate these designers, and also recall when/where you first heard about them. In addition, you must research certain facts about your selection - such as:
who - who are they? Identity, gender, nationality, age etc.
what - what do they specialise in? What are they known for?
where - where are they based? contact details.
when - when did they start?
how - when did they develop? how are they motivated?
Also generate a list of at least 10 reasons why you 'like' the selected individuals.
You will be presenting & discussing the information you gathered.
The session will depend on this information & your familiarity with it.
My List:
1. Danny Sangra
2. Chrissie Abbott
3. Jon Burgerman
4. Marc Johns
4. Jesse LeDoux's
5.Annie Collinge
6. La Boca
7. Damian Ortega
8. Emily Prince
9.Anthony Burrill
10. MeBox
11. David Shrigley
12. Robert Brownjohn
13. Rene Magritte
14.Clay Sinclair
15. david Mach
16.Zimound
17.Jin Yo Mok
18. Chuck Jones
19.Stephan Sagmeister
20. Max Kisman
21.Zepton
22. Nik Ainley
23. Brian Dettmer
24. Robin Clark
25. Zim and Zou
26.Pablo Alfieri
27. Emil Kozak
28. Jonathan Moore
30. Ben Barry
31. Timothy Goodman
32. Paul rand
33.Saul Bass
34. David Shirgley
35. Craig Atkirson
36. Micah Smith
37. Adam Turman
38. Bruce Mau
39. The Decoder Ring
DANNY SANGRA (male graphic designer)
I think it's not a coincidence that I keep mentioning Danny Sangra. I think he's basically the reason why I'm here in Leeds and why i did my foundation in Central Saint Martins. On summer 2009 I went to London to do a Summer course in CSM 'Designers London', accident or no accident Danny Sangra was the one who was the mentor of the course. We visited a lot of places in london and met a lot of designers, video directors and creative people in the creative industries, the funny part was that though I researched all the artists and designers we visited but I actually never looked at Danny Sangra's work, until he invited us to 'It's nice that' talk. Where he and my other most favorite designer Chrissie Abbot did a talk on their creative lives and the work:
He was the first person to mention not only Central Saint Martins, that I obviously knew about already but he was THE ONE person who first ever mentioned Leeds College of Art. He did a foundation year in Leeds. And I still remember how he was talking with an other girl from the same course about the Leeds college of art- he mentioned in in a really good way. I guess that's why I'm really interested in everything he does, because he's one of my accidental biggest inspirations- I guess You can put it like that.
Graphic designer based in London. Age: 30. Finished Central saint Martins. He's really versatile and it may seem quite confusing but now when I know more about him it's just what defines him. He said on the talk that he gets bored of stuff quite fast, that's why he always up for trying new techniques, media and styles.
Known for:
Danny Sangra - the polymath of creativity. Sangra's truly original pieces incorporate design, film, illustration and video/art direction, often with an iconoclastic approach. After studying graphic design at Central St Martins he went on to have solo exhibitions in London, Europe, Tokyo and New York.
Sangra has worked and collaborated with clients such as Sony, BBC, Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Showstudio, V Magazine & Nylon. He's also launched his own knitwear collection 'AMS', alongside Lynnda Needles and has just finished filming AMS Part II. Danny created the designs, art directed the shoots and created the videos for the collection.
He produced and directed a short film for 'Test' (Jaime Perlman of Vogue creative visual online platform).
Danny is also with Academy Films as a director and recently created a music video for the Pigeon Detectives and Rowdy Superstar. Plus also for Stuart Semple.
He is a brilliant graphic designer and since joining Scrawl Collective has become one of their busiest artists.
Contact: Mail@DannySangra.com ; http://facebook.com/
College year 2003.
Inspired by: London as a city. He likes to surround himself with motivated people and a lot of visual work so he could be motivated and creative 24/7.
shop-window installation 'Cube'
Elephant drawing that was made into an animation and some how reprisents Danny Sangra really well, though he only drew this once.
And this is an example of his photography work.
The Decoder Ring (Design Studio)
"Do work we love for clients we admire."
It's a design studio with 5 designers with it:
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Renee Fernandez
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Chrissie Abott (female graphic designer)
Rhys Coren: Hello. However fantastic I believe it to be, your work is… well… it is some of the most psychedelic looking stuff I have ever seen. Are you a) an old hippy b) high as a kite on drugs c) insane?
Chrissie Abbott: d) all of the above
RC: No you aren’t, you’re normal and young and I have seldom even seen you proper drunk let alone on acid. This art you make, it comes from your head… just your head! Actually, is that what it is like in your head?
CA: Haha OK. I think the stuff I make is all relevant to stuff I’ve done and seen. My parents could have definitely been described as hippies and the stuff they were into has naturally filtered into my own consciousness. My mum was really into alternative ways of healing and meditation and crystals and all that jazz. My dad did crazy road trips across America wearing kaftans. Also, growing up in the early 80s, kids’ TV was like the trippiest thing you could imagine, and as a child you are essentially a sponge. Sesame Street and Willow the Wisp were my favourites. I think my head is a pot that contains the soup of all the different experiences and people and things I’ve seen and I filter it out into the artwork I make. I may not be on acid 24/7 but everyday life can be pretty psychedelic.
RC: EVERYDAY LIFE IS PRETTY PSYCHEDELIC!? Hahaha, You’re being deliberately sarcastic there to make me laugh, right? If you are, maybe it won’t translate very well into text so people reading this will think you really do think everyday life is pretty psychedelic. Though, maybe your life is? Is it? Are you saying you don’t have to live like a tweaked out hippy because, a bit like Oberlixin Asterix, you were dropped in the magic potion as a child? A potion made up of 110% proof home-brewed psychedelia!
CA: Maybe it is tinged with sarcasm but I think there is a truth in it. Science and nature produce things that are pretty trippy – rainbows, galaxies, mountains etc. Just watch wonders of the solar system, Brian Cox is tripping out over space all the time! I think it’s seeing the magic in the every day that I’m talking about. It’s easy to get ground down living in a grey shitty town that stinks of tramps, and I regularly do but I think its important to remember that there’s a bigger universe out there. Which reading this back sounds like I am a hippy… basically, I don’t make work about how shit everything can be because it’s depressing. I’d rather concentrate on something colourful and optimistic. I like the idea of the home brewed potion though!
RC: I can’t watch Brian Cox because I am annoyed at the fact every girl fancies him and they go on about how cool he is for a scientist. Plus he was in the bandD:Ream which just reminds me of New Labour’s political campaign in the 90s. So, because London is pretty mucky and grey, you transport to a mythical realm of bright colours and 70s chic? Your work is a form of escapism? I buy into that, it makes me happy… your art… though sometimes I feel a little bit gay for liking the proper cute stuff with cats and that. If your work wasn’t being made by you, it would definitely be the work of a flamboyant homosexual with great taste!
CA: Haha, amazing, I shall take that as a compliment. Escapism, yes. I’m happy that makes you happy and it makes me feel like I’ve achieved what I set out to do. Everyone likes a kitten and a rainbow and surely it takes a real man to admit that. Brian Cox kind of gets on my nerves too and I definitely don’t back the D:Ream section of his career. He is very excitable, though. If he were to change his name in the style of prince I’m sure he would change Brian to an exclamation mark.
RC: Exclamation mark cox? !Cox, He does love a bit of punctuation… D-colon-Ream. Though his name now looks like some internet language rude word: omg LOL u !cox. Do you think East London would look a bit nicer with a few rainbows and that? Maybe a few kittens and a mountainous skyline? You should propose that to your local counselor, giving London a Chrissie Abbott make over!
CA: OMG ! COX (all caps)
I don’t know if I could bring myself to do that, I have attempted to paint the exterior of a building before and I have to say it went pretty badly. Street art is not my domain, and anything art based on the street falls under that category in my book. There are probably people somewhere who are quite happy with how it is now with all its gritty realness and they will hate me for my colourful dictatorship. Maybe I should leave and invite anyone who feels the same to come with me. Saying that, Dianne Abbott is the MP for hackney so perhaps I could get a foot in the door by being a namesake.
I don’t know if I could bring myself to do that, I have attempted to paint the exterior of a building before and I have to say it went pretty badly. Street art is not my domain, and anything art based on the street falls under that category in my book. There are probably people somewhere who are quite happy with how it is now with all its gritty realness and they will hate me for my colourful dictatorship. Maybe I should leave and invite anyone who feels the same to come with me. Saying that, Dianne Abbott is the MP for hackney so perhaps I could get a foot in the door by being a namesake.
RC: Everyone would think you were related and think that you only got the job to brighten up London and drag it back in time to a chippy, psychedelic state through family-based nepotism. You’d be branded a sham and your career would be put on ice. What’s in the Chrissie Abbott bag of tricks, then? You have your mountains, your cats, your rainbows… what else?
CA: Hahaha, yes I can see it now. There would be angry mobs tearing down rainbow tower blocks and smashing up statues of unicorns. Mayhem. I guess the things I’m interested in come out in various ways, like magic, the occult, paganism, music, theories of the apocalypse, topography, typography, space, science, lunar phases… anything mystic. And cats of course. Maybe some horses. I’m looking into making tapestries of my collages to make them uber twee.
RC: That’s beyond uber twee, that’s turbo twee, or ‘twurbo’ if you combine the two words. That night you did with Vickie (Hayward of Jaguar Shoes fame), thePrism Party thing, that was kind of like being in your artwork. Can you tell me some stuff about that whole thing?
CA: We wanted to create a sort of dimension where you walk through the spectrum of light, experiencing different colours as you go, but in a fun weird party way. For example the yellow room had blow up bananas, giant daffodils and a guy dressed up as a mustard bottle, the purple room we got our friend Rosy (Nicholas) to dress up asPrince and host purple rain karaoke. The general concept was supposed to be a bit surreal and dream like…
RC: More escapism! I almost feel compelled to embrace you in a Good Will Hunting style moment and just tell you it isn’t your fault… East London is just dirty, it really isn’t your fault! I might comer and clean up your street or something and slowly integrate trippy colour schemes to the cars and houses too! Chrissify your shit without you ever noticing. What are your top 10 children’s TV programs?
CA: That is a lovely thought Rhys, thank you!
Top 10:
1. The Muppet Show
2. Sesame Street
3. Fraggle Rock
4. Willow the Wisp
5. Trap Door
6. Crystal Tips and Alistair
7. Hart Beat (with Tony Heart, not the police one)
8. Button Moon
9. Mr Benn
10. Fingermouse
2. Sesame Street
3. Fraggle Rock
4. Willow the Wisp
5. Trap Door
6. Crystal Tips and Alistair
7. Hart Beat (with Tony Heart, not the police one)
8. Button Moon
9. Mr Benn
10. Fingermouse
RC: There is definitely a reoccurring theme there, where we are offered a representation of our world, but really freaky and with loads of make believe thrown in. It’s familiar but otherworldly. Hey, your BF (French) is an illustrator too, do you get real competitive?
CA: I think it would be harder if we were both at university together because there is so much more emphasis placed on other people’s opinions of your work and everything is based on a goddamn marking system. In the real world I’m not really competitive so it’s fine, he works harder and is generally better so I have learnt to accept that and get on with my own thing.
RC: WHAT? You aren’t competitive at all? You are very nice, I gage that, but an artist who is doing as well as you are not being a bit competitive!? I don’t bloody believe it! It’s what drives me… what makes me slog it out day and night and never have any money… the desire to win at art!
CA: YES… I dunno if it’s about niceness, it might be different if I wasn’t making any money and was starving and withering in the corner but I see it as an unnecessary stress to be competitive as there are bigger things to worry about. As long as we are both surviving and not crashing and burning that’s all that counts!
My name is chrissie. I draw pictures. I live and work in Hackney, East London.
Colour, typography, old photographs, skipping and adventures make me happy.
Early mornings, the cold and people with a lack of respect for personal space make me cross.
If you somehow found this through means other than the link from my site, that is strange, but you can find it atwww.chrissieabbott.co.uk
This blog is a collection of bits and bobs I am working on, plus some other things I like.
Plus anyone who is anyone has a blog these days, you know? I wanted to get involved.
It helps because I have a tendency to be pretty slack about updating my site.
If you like what you see email me, lets be amigos.
hello@chrissieabbott.co.uk
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