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June 2022 Visitation the Wayfinder exhibition at Margate Gallery UK

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June 2022 Visitation the Wayfinder exhibition at Margate Gallery UK

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This exhibition was a great motivator as it inspired me to look through the eyes of society and to experience the pain that something so " small " as a garment can cause.The artist behind it really made the experience as going through the mind of a person who has been racially targeted and made to feel different.

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That photograph by Larry Achiamong inspired me to slightly change the lead question for my dissertation as I realised that Fashion is linked in its own really specific way to the souls of society.

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As Fashion Magazines reflect not only on garments but on stories as well, I decided to spend my summer time in reading them in order to understand the foundation of the issues, the way people inside perceive them , and how they eventually reflect to the outside world. For that I didi my research and even had to purchase online issues from years ago.

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As I started planning my dissertation, I knew that it is more than important to here the perspectives around the topic from some of the professionals. Since racism in not only towards black people, I had difficulty to find the right way to present the one focused on black people. The BOF podcasts were a really eye opening tool since they helped make a difference between the racial problems for example "discrimination toward asian people and the discrimination towards black people "

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After hearing the perspective of the professionals and some of the excuses they had , it was crucial for my acknowledgement to understand how exactly the "normal" society, people like me myself feel about issue and what they believe is the root of the problem. The dissusions were really natural, as the participants would share their natural opinion.

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Many of the podcasts had mentioned the tragic story of the model Gia Carangi which was not person of colour. However they were speaking about her being a symbol of how harsh the modelling part of the fashion industry is. In order to understand even better about what they were speaking about I have watched the movie TWICE. The direction and acting successfully transferred to me the emotions of what a white girl could feel which made me go deeper into the trauma of the so called "Black-Token models "

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As there were only few available "black spaces" within the modelling industry both for modelling and creative I have watched several documentaries and interviews of people who have experienced the industry. These were the tools that helped me understand what are actually the main racial problems and what actually stereotyping by the industry means

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As I had already planned the structure of my writing, I knew that I had to understand every single term around race; discrimination and each time period that they occurred . Beside that I wanted to know a bit more historical facts, so that is why I have watched videod and documentaries about colonialism and post-colonialism.

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A focus group of 5 people both males and females was conducted in order to primary understands their opinions, needs and ideas around my dissertation topic. All of the participants have considered themselves as people of colour with African roots. This focus group was really relevant to my search as the outcome of it helped me even more

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During my winter break I used the free time to conduct all of my secondary and primary research together so I can finally start my dissertation

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As I understood the importance of that image I decided to put it on the cover of my work. After I visited the exhibition that really inspired me back in June , the black face Gucci scandal became a symbol for my work. For that reason I decided to use exactly this photograph.