This new project was about the concept of Freedom.We needed to present at least 5 different images from a campaign. My problem at the moment, was understanding how to talk about freedom, without being obvious.
However I needed to decide what type of freedom I wanted to talk about. Freedom of speech? Freedom in a war zone? Freedom to have a job?
I wasn't sure about what kind of outcomes I wanted to present, so I decided to go to the TATE MODERN and try to find inspiration.One of the exhibitions is called "Conflict . Time . Photography" and it's a gallery of historical photography in conflict zone. It's very harsh to see photos of injured people or an entire city destroyed by the war. It makes you feel very lucky to live now and in a safe place.
Unfortunately taking pictures inside the exhibition wasn't allowed. Et voilá, the first example of restricted freedom: to protect the work of the artists, the curator limited our freedom to take pictures as memories for the future. Not a big deal for most of us, but still it's a freedom limitation.I decided to take a look at all the rooms, and I found some pieces that inspired me.
Some of these are about the homeworker and gender division, subverting materials generally associated with feminine craft.
It was very interesting, especially the part where they displayed the Jubilee Stamps. A 1000-piece pack cost 30p. It takes one hour to pack 1000 stamps.
This reminds my work I did before about the living wage.
Another part of this work inspired me deeply. The artist put different hand prints on this fabric. Some are red. This reminded me of the blood of poor people who are used as slaves in other people's factories.
After this, I understood that most of the time when we talk about "not having freedom", we talk about women, children, minorities.
I definitely wante to talk about it. I just was not sure whether to talk about women and children or about the living wage. I needed to think about it and do more research.
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