To capture the attention and influence creativity.
Bill Gundry Interview with the Sex Pistols 1976
Punk Music and Culture become a popular trend that captured the senses of the young as a concept that was new and rebellious. Punk represented a new order, a new way of thinking, a voice for people who were anti authority. Fashion changed. A freer generation wanted to show the differences between themselves and their parents. The key issue of Punk was its total originality and authenticity. It was able to capture a wide audience who were ready for change.
Larry Clark - photographer/film maker showing youth sub culture.
Kids 1995
Sub Culture depends on its individuality. Collaboration is encouraged to promote the sub-culture movement. These Sub Cultures take many forms and look for a way to involve the masses.
They can be revived in films such as "Quadrophelia" "A Clockwork Orange" and historically in films like "The Wild One" (1956/7). These have become "Classic" films renowned for their influence on popular culture and the younger generation of that time.
The sub culture that I have tuned into recently is the Slow Movement. I touched on this during research for a group activity during my first year. I looked at the work of Arthur Ganson and his Machine with
Abandoned Doll (2009) from the series Dream Machines.
Ganson is an artist who only uses used or found objects in his work, It is a comment on slowing down our lives, and slowing down our production and consumption. Ganson is a member of the Slow Movement that began in Italy, and has developed as a response to our increasingly fast lifestyles, and our unsustainable consumer culture.
Ganson says of his work that is is totally ambiguous; it is the viewers' interpretation of the piece that gives the work meaning. It is a contemplative piece and quite compelling to watch. The meditative quality encourages us to sit and watch.
I enjoy knitting and cross stitch, these are old crafts that my mother taught me; knitting is a craft that is growing in popularity. There are knitting groups sprouting up around the country, and I feel that these are part of the Slow Movement. Knitting is something I do to slow down, to relax and to clear my mind of all thoughts. It is a restful past time, and is something I enjoy. I think more people would benefit from taking up crafts. Our World is so fast and furious that I think I am beginning to exclude myself from the fast pace and chaos that has hindered me in the past. I would encourage everybody to slow down their pace of life and enjoy more of the moments our lives are made up of.
In the 18th Century, Robert Malthus Theory was already considering how the population would increase faster than the world food supply, and that the population would eventually reach a resource limit. He forecast our predicament today and gave warning that our environment would suffer the consequences of large and growing populations. The Slow Movement sub-culture is a response to this and other problems we have to deal with in our world today.
The question was posed "How can we learn from being active in sub culture?"
To be involved in Sub Culture is to want to change what already exists, or to change the way some aspects of life are seen and experienced, to become active in the values and to become an activist in what you believe strongly needs to change. Sub Culture can highlight different views that have not been previously considered seriously, and to give people a voice. This is how I see and define Sub Culture.
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