Major Project!

It feels weird to be on the last project of my BA and to be doing something for a degree show but here we are. This is that part of the course where we write our own briefs and where i had done a bit of thinking about this over the Summer because i knew it was coming i kinda went off all the ideas i had come up with when i looked over them in January.

Looking back on the briefs ive done before and enjoyed the most i know my work is often about identity from a feminist viewpoint with my own personal experiences being the link. I constantly look to the same people for inspiration, Cindy Sherman, Alis Pelleschi, Molly Soda and Maisie Cousins so as much as i still want to drawn inspiration from their work i dont want to find myself making my own copies of their stuff.

Ive just written and sent off my PLP, thats basically a plan of what im going to do for my project explaining what i want to do. My one sentence project aim is:

 'Creating a series of fantastical images I aim to connect the history of the Scottish landscape with the reality Scottish women face today.'

 Basically i want to use self portraiture again and create characters based around Scottish history and folklore that can be used to create a fantasy image. Its based a bit around fashion photography and the habits fashion photographers have of objectification and glamourizing violence against women, like i referenced in my multiples project with Guy Bourdin.

Guy Bourdin (left) and my photo for Multiples (right)

In order to get this project going im going to read up on Scottish history and folklore, ive got some good books at home my parents are really into that stuff. Im also going to investigate the link between fashion photography and depictions of violence against women, problems Scottish women face today, problems i as a Scottish woman face and create a link to these characters of the past. Ive got a bit of visual research to do, im going to look at Rachel Macleans I Heart Scotland  and Alexander McQueens collections Widows of Culloden and Highland Rape, not just for the costume and visuals but also his ideas about Scottishness and there some really good articles of him talking about that.

Alexander McQueens Widows of Culloden A/W 2006

I aim to produce a body of research looking at Scottish folklore, history and modern day issues facing women in modern day Scotland and a series of images of characters based on this research.