House Of Ruth..

Some links for your B-More Bags designing process!

More info about domestic violence/House Of Ruth Maryland here

Also, on Democracy Now on Friday Amy Goodman discussed domestic violence. Apparently, health insurance companies in 8 states plus DC consider domestic violence a pre-existing condition..! on You can hear more about that here

Hope this helps you better understand the client.. I will provide fabric on Thursday, but if you are in need of something specific please bring it with you.

Happy Weekend!

Ke's Proposal

It seems as if all matter has a dual meaning. Man and woman, good and evil, winner and loser are all examples of dualisms. Whether it is intended or not the two words are always compared causing one of the words to become inferior to the other. When one realizes that all words are created, you realize that dualisms are interconnected and thus inseparable because they define one another. Dualisms are maintained to sustain control and ignorance thus maintaining boundaries.

The reality of dualisms is directly reflected in the fictitious world of the superhero (crime fighter). In order for the superhero to exist there is a need for crime and villains. This is the same for villainy. Villains would not find pleasure in crime without sadistic intention.

This semester, I will explore the dichotomy of the superhero and villain in order to better understand the role dualisms plays in society, culture, and art.

Carolyn Murphy

Proposal

I plan to explore fetishism, gratification as well as sexual arousal of a worshipped factor through fashion. A celebration of obsession, I would like to incorporate specific aspects of human emotion as well as ritual of certain popularized fetish subcultures.

Michela

alex puckett proposal

Weight, forms, shapes...created by the existence of an outer “skin” exposing its inner being/form/idea. These exposures that I am interested in only seem to be possible/visible/understandable for me with the presence of the outside surface. And this is what I am interested in and I want to explore, with co-relation to the body in a sculptural garment form. Growing, conjoining with use of elastic materials. I want to examine how these abnormalities or regularities occur in living beings on earth, both scientifically and visually. I want to exaggerate these forms. Along with these forms and entities concerning abnormalities and regularities in forms on living creatures, I also want to explore the particular way my mind works in gendering objects and shapes on the body and off the body. As noticed in my first project I took something very simple, a wine glass, and attempted to bring up questions concerning the relationship I have with it’s form. This project will hopefully allow for a more understandable dialogue to begin in my mind between these separate thoughts concerning forms and shapes.

peter pinchbeck painting

Proposal

For the project I'd like to research where items are made and where they are distributed based on history and politics. I also want to incorporate personal family history into this topic as well. I've also been really interested in the ideas of radical geography recently - the rethinking and re-visualizing of our sense of space and place, and I think it is relevant to this conversation of labor production/distribution of clothing.

*this is map of the North-South divide (though not based on actual geography) is used to understand socio-economic and political divisions - but does it really work?

posted by Jen

sometimes i'm PRETTYstupid

this is one of my favorite images of all time!

the rest are pretty strange






derrick adams

for katie

for everyone

Black Out

for katie and alex b

dolce and gabbana

This ad was banned in Italy because it "offended the dignity of the woman, in the sense that the feminine figure is shown in a degrading manner. The woman has an alienated expression, with an absent look". The news article labels this as "gang rape".

I started to think about my personal ethics, and those enforced or engrained in my mind because of the society around us. When I first saw this image, there was no thought of this, what I am interested in is the intentions of the organizers of this ad now that I have read the controversy over it.

source (http://www.news.com.au/gang-rape-dolce-and-gabbana-advert-banned/story-e6frfkp9-1111113111890)

And to echo Jen's post on the Calvin Klein ad that she posted:

alex

From Wikipedia:

Banana republic is a pejorative term originally used to refer to a country that is politically unstable, dependent on limited agriculture (e.g. bananas), and ruled by a small, self-elected, wealthy, and corrupt clique.^[1] The first known use of the term banana republic was by American author O. Henry in his 1904 book of linked short stories, Cabbages and Kings. The book is based on Henry's 1896-97 stay in the Honduras, while hiding from federal authorities for embezzlement in the United States.^[2] The term was originally invented as a very direct reference to a "servile dictatorship" which abetted (or directly supported in return for kickbacks) the exploitation of large-scale plantation agriculture (usually banana cultivation).^[1]

The main history of the introduction of bananas into the European market is vital to understanding the concept of a banana republic. Bananas were introduced into the European market in 1870 by the captain of The Telegraph, Lorenzo D. Baker, who initially bought bananas from Central America and sold them in Boston at a 1,000% profit.^[3] While Baker traded bananas between the Caribbean and the United States, it was U.S railroad tycoon Henry Meigs and his nephew Minor C. Keith who started banana plantations, initially along the railway tracks in order to feed their workers, and upon realization of the lucrative profit of bananas sold in the United States, began also to export bananas from their plantation to the American Southeast.^[4] A major factor in the popularity of bananas in the United States was that it was a tropical fruit that was sold at a substantially lower price than even local American fruits such as the apple (in 1913 a dozen bananas sold for a quarter, while the same price could only buy two apples).^[5] The reason exporters were able to profit from such a low price point is because banana companies were able to obtain large areas of land in the Caribbean and Central and South America to grow banana plantations, as well as exploit the local population as a cheap source of labour.^[5] The largest banana company, United Fruit Company (now known as Chiquita Brands International) was the result of a merging between Andrew Preston's Boston Fruit Company and Keith's Tropical Trading and Transport Company in 1899 and became so influential in the banana industry that by the 1930's contributed to between 80 and 90 percent of all banana trade with the United States^[6]. The Standard Fruit Company, now named Dole Food Company, was established in 1924 by the Vaccaro Brothers.

COOL NAME, OLD NAVY.


-Sarah Konigsburg

Figure Skating Costume

A Russian figure skating couple was asked to change their costume by Aboriginal groups when they performed at a national skating competition earlier this year. The couple used the same routine for their Olympic performance with their "toned" down costume.

HErer

Thomas Tait for ALEX

Hes from london and was in the last issue of I.D. so hes pretty easy to find. His website is innactive.

THIS WEEK: Handmade Nation

MICA hosts Faythe Levine, co-author of Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design, to present a free screening of the 2009 documentary film of the same name and discuss the contemporary craft movement with the audience. Levine will be at the Brown Center's Falvey Hall (1301 W. Mount Royal Ave.) on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m.
Dubbed "the ambassador of handmade" by the New York Times, Levine in 2004 founded Art vs. Craft, Milwaukee's independent craft fair. She is co-owner and curator of Paper Boat Boutique & Gallery in Milwaukee.
About the film: In 2006, Levine traveled to 15 cities and interviewed 80 artists and designers to capture the virtually tight-knit community that exists through Web sites, blogs and online stores and connects to the greater public through independent boutiques, galleries and craft fairs. Interviews were also conducted in artists' studios and homes of the featured makers. For a sneak peek of Handmade Nation, visit www.handmadenationmovie.com.
This screening and talk is in conjunction with the Warren Seelig: Textile per se exhibition on view at MICA through Sunday, March 14.

fencing masks

Jun Takahashi fall 2006-



victor & rolf-


alex

calvin klein ad from the 90's



-jen

size issue

since the body image for models was brought up briefly when

we talked bout ethics in fashion .... i thought of these amazing

photoshoots from latest v magazine . they was dealin with

series of shoots regarding size issue top two are focused on curves,

called 'curves ahead' , and the bottom one was called 'one size fits all' .

im real big on v magazine and this issue was dope!!! with that big

actress from the movie 'precious' on the cover, and skinny

little dakota fanning too . worth checkin em out.

stacie b.

STEW

Check it out~ and please join us on March 5th for the dinner! Last time it sold out, so try and buy tickets in advance: call or visit Red Emmas: http://redemmas.org/

http://stewbaltimore.org/

jaiden rva james

We talked about gaga a few times in class:

These masks/head pieces in her interlude video for her monster ball show are amazing,

Still trying to find the designers of the masks and head pieces in this video...hard to track down

it is a bit humorous with her neurotic body movements

reminds me of the post on rebecca horn/john wilie that valeska posted for us

fetish, senses

for petra, michela, natalie

R.I.P mcqueen is dead........

soon as i woke up , i found out this . .

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/fashion/12mcqueen.html

:*(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stacie

Exploration of senses

During our group meeting yesterday we talked a lot about an exploration of senses ... So there is what was a part of our discussion - Ernesto Neto's artwork.

For Neto is important that viewer can interact with his installations and experience them by feeling, smelling, and touching...

Petra