I was unwell for the session last week so I have been catching up on the work for that. I spoke to Pete and he told me the task from the session and that I needed to make five hotdog books by the next session. I chopped up parts of my essay and used them as part of this mind map to help me identify themes and possible directions for a publication.
From this, I thought of five concepts for my hotdog books....
- Cultural appropriation. A fashion book/magazine that openly sells clothing labelled as cultural appropriation.
- Building your identity (post-modern theory). A step by step guide.
- Breaking down nationality stereotypes. Using photography and fact files to build up characters of people that don’t match initial perceptions.
- Things society never questions. Highlighting the bigger questions that nobody really asks, including where did the concept of race come from.
- ‘All experience is local, all identity is experience.’ A reportage project following the life of someone through imagery and how their experiences has shaped them as an individual.
After making these books I have gone off the idea of the fashion magazine. I think it is cliché and the issue has been tackled many times before in similar ways. I want to push myles with the project and I think going down this route would lead to a very ’safe’ outcome. Saying that, I think the book based on the things society never questions might touch a few nerves with some people, I will need to see what feedback I get on these ideas as I am struggling to know whether it is appropriate or not. I think the reportage book idea based on Taiye Selasi’s quote ‘All experience is local, all identity is experience’ might be too vague. I have used photos from my own life to make this mock up so I think it might be too personal if it was to be distributed as a publication.
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