From my research what I have picked up is that punk has evolved to the point where we would no longer punk but there are still clear influences and impacts from the movement. One I would suggest is to shock and provoke, politicaly or simple for pleasure. But this idea of causing a stir within a persons being without them even wanting it to happen. I would now define punk as a feeling you get from looking at a piece of work. From this I have thought about the concept of showcasing these pieces of work. The idea would be a website which uses programming software to automatically take images from social media accounts of certain individuals and collage it onto a singlar webpage. This would mimic the process of cut and paste from analog to digital.
To break this concept down I will explain my decisions.
Plateform & content
When punk arose people/designers would use content from any form of print they could find, newspapers, magazines, posters etc. However when we think about this process 40 years on we are using a similar technique but with the tools we now have, the internet. Repurposing images, text, political matters to create images for shock, comedy or protest and political satire. Its our version of a cheap way to reproduce work, basicaly the platform has changed.
Process
In the 70's when the internet was not around designers used platforms such as record sleeves, flyers and fanzines to share there work. Now with the rise of the internet we have social media. It is the same process but it has evolved and adapted to the current times. This is something I can take advantage of just as the punks did with what they had to hand. It comes down to the DIY ethos its self being repurposed.
Cut and paste
The idea of cutting images and text then sticking it together to create a new image is something seen constiently through the era of punk. This has never died and is still done today however the process has changed because the times have changed we now copy and paste using images and text from the internet instead of print.
Websites
Websites are an alternative to fanzines, they have the same pricples they are cheap to create, anyone can do it, they share information. I understand however the zine is very much active I do feel that the website is just a evolved version.
So my idea is to show an example of how punk design and distribution has evolved. It may not be called punk anymore as the space it excited in has passed but there are still strong elements of it within everyday design. One thing to keep carefull of is that punk ideas and process can also be seen as activism, protesting, anarchism I understand these influences do not solely come from punk however punk did seem to put all these elements into one package and allow them to explode into the minds of the masses because of its popularity.
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