Contextual Portfolio - Lecture notes

This is the first lecture of term two; this term we will have Alison Rowley instead of Spencer Roberts for the lecture series on a Monday morning. So what is the lectures all about? We will be looking at key practitioners and bodies of work recognised as significant interventions in their fields. Exploring and determining meaning in art and design practices. 

A key element to work is now photography based which is why we had a focus on photography during this lecture. 

The bowery of two inadequate systems (21 black and white images - images/text) - Martha Rosler (1970's)
 - She describes the Bowery as part of New York's act of refusal, refusing to ignore them or objectify those who are suffering from poverty. Beautiful photographs but not of beautiful subjects. The difference between the rich and the poor - picture of a bank with two bottles from where the homeless are sleeping. Capitalism.

Here is an example of The Bowery of two inadequate systems. There is text at the side of the photographs to describe and summarise the photos. 













Photographers (well known photographers) -Don McCullin - British photographer - The Bogside, Derry, 1971 - looking in on someone else's troubles - this is spectacle.Diane Arbus - she did series of twins, became known as freak show photographs.

I enjoyed this lecture as it gave me the chance to delve deeper into the meaning behind the photographs rather than just seeing an image. I have an interest in photography myself and I was inspired by the style of the photos we were shown in the lecture.