For my project concept, I came up with a parallel between being physically exposed to being exposed in media, particularly instagram. I came up with this idea from looking through my saved photos feature on instagram. I had recently saved many fashion items that were made from a clear material called pvc. I thought of how I could relate this to media. Pvc and clear clothing materials allows one to expose, for example, items in your bag, or an undergarment that is meant to be seen. I thought that similar to being exposed physically, instagram exposes your aesthetic, comments, pictures, daily life happenings, and tagged photos. However, there are many layers of instagram such as privacy settings and private instagrams that allow you to control an aspect of what you put out there and who you let see your content. Reflecting the many layers we have on Instagram and how we can control the level of privacy such as archived posts, public instagrams, private instagrams, messages, likes, saved posts, etc….; I created a zine of photos I took of my friends with the contrast of see-through garments and coats to create my own lookbook using pvc. I added in my own instagram and my private instagram as well as my saved and past stories to make it more personal to me since this was a self narrative project. The video just helps supports this idea by creating a more brighter and vivid visual of her actually putting on and taking off each layer of clothing.
Video and Zine Concept Statement