Convergence Economy
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CONVERGENCE ECONOMY
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Evasion of Military Surveillance
Conceal. Mask. Shield. CCTV cameras were introduced as a way of easing people’s conscience, and making them feel safe. The great presence of surveillance, from persistently invasive technology, has increased anxiety a considerable amount. Concerns have been made about how comfortable people are with giving away their personal data. Why give all your best-kept secrets away unknowingly? Counter surveillance needs to be put in place! George Orwell predicted the “Big Brother” nightmare, and the invasive attitude is making people rebel against security, and choosing to mask their identity. Converging art, tradition and technology, the new trend “Evasion of Military Surveillance” can be created. Facial-recognition algorithms rely on the symmetry and spatial relationship of key facial features. Disrupting this symmetry and relationship make it difficult to detect faces, making surveillance cameras easily avoidable. Blocking parts of the face with contrasting colours breaks up the continuity of the face, concealing their identity. For centuries, tribes have camouflaged their faces and painted their bodies with bold, bright paints, believed to hold magic powers for protection. This trend welcomes the idea of concealing to safeguard your privacy, with new make-up trends, hairstyles and wearable fashion. Iridescent materials obscure and mask characters, by reflecting the opponent’s image back at himself or herself. Characters wear thick, deep, dark colours- cloudy greys, rustic reds and matte leather blacks, to repel attention, and attract protection. The new generation need to know the ancient idea behind privacy, and not the norm they have been brought up in; they need the anti-drone! opposite: The faces are distorted and blurred to regain the models characteristics.
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" Big Brother is Watching You. �
Opposite: The moodboard portrays the trend, signifying the theme of personal camouflage to hide from face detection technology.
- George Orwell 1984
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above: Disrupting the symmetry of the face, and avoid enhancing features of the face that make it hard for the algorithms to detect features.
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above: Small pigments and skin disruptions, or facial accessories do not disrupt the original symmetry of the face, or the spatial relationships between features, so CCTV cameras can recognice the face.
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opposite: Masks can be used to hide real identities, and the magazine represents the idea that people only show what they wish
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opposite: This Banksy street artwork highlights the need for countersurveillance and to enhance privacy, or else everyone will begin to turn into robots.
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ABOVE: Dark and cloudy colours dominate the colour scheme of this trend, not bringing attention to wearers, but to the way they mask themselves
opposite: Masks can be used to hide real identities, and the magazine represents the idea that people only show what they wish
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opposite: Thick, rugged textures create an unusual piece to shield the persona; almost the complete opposite of the human face, so creates a juxtapose
BELOW: Damselfrau, Norwegian artist Magnhild Kennedy; a craftswoman and mask maker uses unusual materials to create new identities. This piece is called Ursus.
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Previous page: Left: The banana’s universal vibrant yellow colour has been masked, this meaning that if only a small section was shown, you coudn’t easily identify the obejct right: The yellow pages is iconic, and again, this colour has been masked by a colour of the complete opposite, turning the book gold, which alternatively obscures the name of the book.
opposite: Reflective surfaces reflect the opponents face back at them, acting like a mirror, further disguising the idenity of the wearer.
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opposite: This image highlights the idea that, in a world that’s obsessed with documenting imagery, there is always someone or something watching you, making it hard to escape the prying eyes
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previous page: left: The strong iron bars mimic the sense of security and conformity in the community, hinting that everyone conforms to the rules that you must welcome surveillance and no privacy into your life. right: The jewelled face makes it hard for facial-recognition algorithms to identify the face, making the face unremarkable pixels on displays.
opposite: When wrapping up presents we try to conceal what is inside, and this is similar to wearing a mask, and concealing the real person behind it. The deep, royal purple hue in the paper subtly bounces back the light hitting it, repelling attention from what is underneath the wrapper.
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above: The collage represents the idea that everyone is crazy underneath their cool demeanour, and the vibrants colour and patterns from the background portray this. The image shows a “Mad Hatter� type of man breaking out from his shell, and unvieling his true identity.
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Opposite: “Conformity is what surveillance wants and fashion is anti-conformist� - Adam Harvey, founder of CV Dazzle.
above: Conceal. Shield. Protect.
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opposite: This image represents the idea that everyone will start to blend together if they let their privacy be taken away from them, because of this idea of protection behind the surveillance cameras. Hiding parts of yourself is crucial to staying individual.
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above: There is no hiding from surveillance cameras, whether out walking or in your car, by the end of the day you will have been caught on camera on average 300-times a day.
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Polarity Paradox
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above: Bringing nature and mirroring the iridescent glow of reptiles create the perfect starter for this trend. Use deep, and rustic reds and burnt oranges, or sea-greens and olive hues to compliment each other.
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POLARITY PARADOX
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The Botanical Reptile
Imagine a picturesque landscape admix with fiery reds, crisp burnt orange and caramelized yellow sky, rolling with the chalky blue clouds. Imagine the powder blue and pink flecks reflecting from the light from the leather-scaled reptile basking in the scorching summer heat. Reptiles have the most unique, but appealing texture, and can range from dark, leather looking coloured scales, to iridescent, and light reflecting scales. Each reptile has a different print, formed in a variety of ways- tubercular, platelike and overlapping scales. Although many people think reptiles are slimy and course, they have a much deeper appeal; their scales may be made in an array of ways, but they resemble artistic mosaics, with their perfect symmetry and bold, vibrant colours.
The new trend “Botanical Reptile� conjures mixes of fresh greens and rustic reds from the natural environment, and the mosaic symmetry of reptiles. The colours are vibrant and stand out, and the patterns and prints add dimensions to surfaces, whether that be on the skin, or in fashion. Nothing is more appealing than knowing that nature can create hues of perfection, and can compliment them with elements of raw beauty, and textures. Why take inspiration from the radiant colours of nature, when you can physically branch out, and take inspiration from the lengthy olive green reeds, and the sharp lines from thorns? Why wear real reptile-skin, when you can trace their scales onto your face and body, to create your own mystical skin texture?
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Let the extremes inspire you.
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above: Burnt oranges, and bright chartreause yellow evoke natural beauty, brightening up any look.
opposite: Ripe peach and deep raspberry reds harmonise well with each other, and compliment khaki greens and powder blues.
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previous page: Nature looks as though it is has very bland, and 2-dimensional colours, but once you look closer, you realise that nature has different shades for every colour, and can change shades naturally, complimenting the next colour.
opposite: Thorns, spikey branches and feathered fawns inspire this trend, creating whispy lines, feathered wings and spikey hairs.
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opposite: Copper and sandstone hues are key in this trend. The bright vibrant metallic colours compliment natural colours such as cocoa brown, or custard yellow.
below: Metallic and copper colours enhance features, bringing the eyes towards the pop of colour. Go bigger and deeper than normally, let the natural flow take the brush. Rustic oranges and hemlock complimnt each other perfectly.
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opposite: The different textures conveyed in this one single image, illustrates the idea that nature can be diverse, with shades evolving, but complimenting each hue perfectly.
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opposite: Deep greens and powder blues easily compliment each other, and can be neautralised by sandy fawn beige.
below: Bright colours contrasting with powder colours can help to bring the trend, and look together. Deep greens and blues, contrasted with rich pinks and peaches.
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above: Earthy, fresh tones are key to this trend.
opposite: Nature has many different textures and they become interesting when introduced into make-up trends. Adding dimensions to make-up looks can take the look from natural makeup, to extreme, and refreshing makeup.
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opposite: Khaki greens, and vibrant rain-forest greens bring the natural element. Decomposed materials and faded metallic’s compliment the stark copper and the unadorned greys.
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opposite: The iridescent glimmer from the pearl blues, pinks and purples, create an aesthetically pleasing texture, perfect when layered over eyes and cheekbones, waiting to reflect the light.
above: Glistening array of desert colours signify the trend well.
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abovee: Exotic snakes create an ideal inspiration for the trend, thinking texture, pattern and print, mixed with airy hues of powder blue, and sunshine yellow.
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opposite: The scaley effect seen with deep, dark green colours, and also crisp, white and silver, with glitter incorporated in both, creating glitter fleck.
below: Airy and powdery colours give a subtle but out-there approach to the trend. Wearing bright shades on the lips as the centre-piece, and contrasting colours for the eyes.
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opposite: Fresh mix of blues and greens create the perfect shades for the trend, lines usually flowing but precise, carrying the natural essence through the makeup, almost like a wave.
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REFERENCE PAGE:
CONVERGENCE BANKSY ONE NATION UNDER CCTV: http://www.endalldisease.com/106-awesome-banksy-graffitidrawings/ DARK THICK WOOL: http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2011/11/29/14-free-simple-fabric-textures.html DAMSELFRAU: http://damselfrau.blogspot.co.uk YELLOW PAGES:(EDITED) http://www.bloomberg.com/europe BANANA: (EDITED) http://designsousinfluences.tumblr.com/post/104244905566 GOLD FOIL: https://instagram.com/quinnnyc/ PURPLE WRAPPING: http://bespectacular.blogspot.co.uk BAND AID: https://www.etsy.com/listing/72980905/the-bird-band-aid-contemporarycollage?ref=cat3_gallery_13 BLACK SILHOUETTE: http://emilwaede.tumblr.com/post/64056201021 SURVEILLANCE CAR: http://www.investigatorpi.com/gps-tracking-indianapolis-surveillance/
POLARITY PAINT MIXES: http://pauljuno.tumblr.com/page/5 ORANGE MAKEUP: http://www.cosmopolitan.de/frisuren-2015-die-angesagtesten-schnitte-undhaarfarben-63093.html FEATHERED BROWS: http://www.vogue.es/desfiles/otono-invierno-2014-2015-paris-fashion-weekalexander-mc-queen/9684/galeria/17284/image/835682 COPPER EYES: http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/spring-summer-2013/ready-to-wear/chloe IRIDESCENT SCALES: http://www.gwarlingo.com/2012/soo-sunny-park-spencer-topel-transform-achain-link-fence-into-art/ IGUANA: https://plus.google.com/communities/103052335282567723615/stream/1db9e4bf-f0d84bdf-b24e-b18db5ae9b7c SILVER SCALES: http://daydreamcloset.tumblr.com/post/59706362939 BLUE WAVES: http://eiramis.tumblr.com/tagged/Blue
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