Fringe Art
Hostile Architecture
Hostile
We were tasked to come up with a project for our partner's topic. At first, my partner Tess wasn't sure what 'Fringe' was about and immediately thought about the edges (like going to the outskirts of town and comparing the culture with the town centre) or the hairstyle (looking at the design of hairdressers in different areas). That was when I realised those where what most people would associate the term 'Fringe' to at a broad context. So I decided to conduct a survey to prove that fact. The survey allowed me focus on the things that people were interested in and their current perspecive of my topic. It also helped me decide how I would approach the project as people would not have done the extensive research that I have to get to know my topic. It was my job to inform them after all. After showing Tess my research so far, the term 'Ignorance' gave her an idea hence she assigned me the task of reading DailyMail's article (or other news journals) and trying to disprove their ignorance. She also asked me to look into symbiosis (as I told her of how I felt that fringe was necessary to society). Fringe ideas and culture feed and challenge mainstream society. I was watching 'Homeland' when I came up with the idea of doing a publication for my task. In the scene, the character Saul handed his boss a heavily redacted CIA document. I started researching on redacted text and whilst also watching Anthony Burdoin's documentary 'Parts Unknown' on Myanmar which discussed the issues of censorship, I started thinking about how censorship relates to ignorance.
The Karma Bracelet