AFRO-BRAZIL DIGITAL PRINTS & ILLUSTRATIONS CELBRATING THE RISE OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN CULTURE IN BRAZIL SOPHIE WARNETT W13011576 FASHION FUTURES DE1136
“THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE ‘AFRO-BRAZILLIAN’ POPULATION HAS SUDDENLY INCREASED, RATHER REFLECTS CHANGING ATTITUDES ABOUT RACE & SKIN COLOUR IN BRAZIL “INCOME FOR AFRO-BRAZILLIAN WORKERS HAS GROWN 52.6% BETWEEN 2003 & 2015”
GLOBALISATION DISCRIMINATION CONTEMPORARY INFLUENCERS
THE RAINFORESTS OF BRAZIL HOLD A HUGELY CONTREVERSIAL PLACE IN BRAZILS MODERN CULTURE. I HAVE EXPLORED TROPICAL LEAVES FOR BOTH THEIR COLOUR AND SURFACE PATTERN TO INSPIRE PRINT.
BOTH AFRICA AND BRAZIL AS COUNTRIES ARE LARGE GROWERS OF MANY FRUITS. FRUIT CAN ACT AS A CELEBRATORY METAPHOR FOR BOTH CULTURES SHOWING THEIR SIMILARITIES AND REFLECTING THE GROWING ACCEPTANCE OF AFRICAN CULTURE IN BRAZIL.
ILLUSTRATION EXPERIMENTATION WITH AFRICAN FACES AND THE COMBINATION OF THEM WITH TROPICAL FRUITS.
PRINT INSPIRED BY ORANGES - GROWN LARGELY IN BOTH BRAZIL AND AFRICA. ILLUSTRATIONS OF AFRO-BRAZILLIAN PEOPLE WEARING THE CELEBRATORY PRINT AS CLOTHING AND TRADITIONAL AFRICAN STYLE BODY PAINT. COLOURS TAKEN FROM IMAGE OF FRESHLY GROWN FRUIT HANGING AT A MARKET AT TABATINGA ON THE AMAZON RIVER
COLOURS TAKEN FROM AN IMAGE OF TILES ON A STREET IN SAO PAULO. PRINT COMBINES THE POWER OF BRAZIL’S RAINFORESTS AND TRADITIONAL AFRICAN TRIBAL PATTERNS.