HAUNCH OF VENISON
'loud flash'
This was an exhibition posters from artist / designer Toby Mott, who has collected Punk-related artefacts since the 1970s / over 1,000 items. The show included work by Jamie Reid (Sex Pistols) and Linder Sterling (Buzzcocks) / also work from unknown / anonymous artists who used posters as a way of giving bands excluded from Tv and radio a way of reaching the public. Political posters were also included / 'Rock Against Racism' campaign.
http://www.haunchofvenison.com/media/13875/toby%20mott.pdf
TOBY MOTT
'I began this collection as a teeneger in the 1970s; I loved punk music and the attitude that went with it, but i was equally taken with the subversive way that bands promoted themselves - Jamie Reid;s famous Sex Pistols poster of the Queen with a safety pin through her nose being a stand-out example. But even then it was apparent to me that what was going on was much more than a musical movement. This exhibition seeks to capture punk's cataclysmic collision with the cultural, social and political values of the time and show the enduring legacy it left in its wake.'
http://www.haunchofvenison.com/en/#page=london.exhibitions.2010.loud_flash
It was a representation of the times / propaganda. All of the posters had a similar style / use of colour / lots of blue, red and white to represent the British flag. Punk was defined by the poster / fanzines / flyers / post-war world. The rise of the National Front is shown through propaganda. It gives a very well rounded picture of Britain at the time, including ephemera from the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
TYPOGRAPHY WORKSHOP / ILLUSTRATION BA
We had a workshop based on typography and were asked to play around / experiment with different methods of producing type. We were asked to bring in typewriters, rubber stamps, stencils, stickers, letraset, paper and old books to help create pieces of work based on various words we were given.
ARMIN HOFFMANN
CASSANDRE
ADDITIONAL READING
JEAN BERAUD
'colonne morris'
The Morris Column provided a new / different public space for reading / text / language.
'The publishers of newspapers, like the manufacturers of goods, recognized that in order to attract the consumer within the busy and chaotic public spaces of the new commodity-driven economy, words needed to be eye-catching enough to make a direct appeal to the senses.' (Writing on the Wall, Morley, S.).
This inevitably lead to a surge in demand for public advertisements / places to display them.
