Saatchi - 'Religion and Ideology'
After picking my topic and feeling inspired by the Saatchi, I decided to research more into the Charlie Hebdo case. Finding a variety of tweets, images and cartoons online, I also started to collect articles for more physical responses. Although the Charlie Hebdo case was the starting point for my Politics, I didn't want to focus on Islam at all. Then due to visiting this instillation at the Saatchi, I decided to focus my project on free speech and provoking a reaction; whether it be good or bad.
Continuing with research, I started looking into the terrorist aspect of the case. Whether this act of terrorism was really 'free speech' turning into actions, or whether it was mental. I looked into psychopaths; the concept of a suicide bomber is similar to that of serial killing. There is no guilt of committing mass crime, although it is unproven there have been studies on whether the brains of people who become terrorists are different to 'normal' people. I used some of these studies, and some images of brain scans to inspire some textiles designs that could be used in embroidery or print.
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This concept could easily be translated into a laser cut layer over a silky textile print, or even into something more sturdy like neoprene. From this experiment I need to design placing of textiles, where and how they would look put into clothes. The concept of mental illness was one I wanted to incorporate into designing, mixed with the concept of free speech. This made me think of some sort of constraint, the opposite of free speech; a mental straight jacket. Taking this as design inspiration I started working and draping various constraining silhouettes onto a mannequin. From these drawings I started designing shapes and seams to develop them further.
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