Fashion // 19.12.2011, a set on Flickr.
4.12.11
London // 1.12.11
The full set of photographs can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ella-northedge/sets/72157628278953733/
Bande à Part // Band of Outsiders
Opening title sequence from the film "Bande à Part"; I think the plain text overlapped on the screenshots looks very modern despite the fact the film was made in 1964. The title comes from the phrase"faire bande à part" which means “to do something apart from the group”.
29.11.11
Fine Art or Craft?
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| EZIO Bookshelf, Francesco Esposito & Marianna Contaldo |
In the world we see around us, we categorise objects; in this case, I have looked at the pictured objects and decided that the bookshelf is a piece of craft and the sculpture below is fine art. But why?
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| Natural Beauty, 2009, Eva Rothschild |
The reason I wouldn't class the bookshelf as a piece of fine art is because it has been designed for a purpose. The designers' intention was for the object to store books; functionality is equally as important as aesthetics. The bookshelf has not been solely made with a meaning in mind like Rothschild's sculpture. Her piece is to examined and considered by the viewer, not to touch and climb on.
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