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 Counter culture, inspiration and research:

For our first project, 'Counter culture' I wanted to focus on environmental activism and climate change as this is something that I feel strongly about and I want to create a piece that counters and combats the fact that climate change and disregard for the planet that we live on has been normalised, and almost reached a point of no return. 

When looking into different sub cultures and movements that include counter culture I was drawn to Dadaism which was created because of a negative reaction to World War One. when looking more into this movement I believe that Dada is one of the best examples of counter culture that there is as it describes itself as not only anti establishment and anti war but also anti art. I was really inspired by the silly and nonsensical aspects of this art form and would like to involve this within my own work. 

One of my initial ideas was to create parody propaganda posters using collage, I would mimic the old World War One and Two propaganda, only they would be related to climate change and global warming,  interlacing aspects of Dadaism throughout the piece. 

I will also be using photography to document the impact of human disrespect for the environment. I will be going around different locations such as the area where I live as well as places like beaches to compare the difference in the litter and waste that has been left. 

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