Black Leather.

at this school, the Senior Project is taken very seriously. the name "senior project" does not do it justice. it is more akin to a graduate dissertation, but done by us measly undergrads. i remember talking about "college dissertations" in high school. i had no idea what i was talking about.

mine is pretty epic. it is called "Sniffing Glue vs. No Future: The Visual Culture of Punk in the US and UK" and this is the synopsis: The punk explosion of the late 1970’s that occurred simultaneously in America and England differed in sound and aesthetics due to the unique political and cultural atmospheres of each country. The Ramones and Sex Pistols exemplified these ideological differences and expressed them through their style and graphics, demonstrating the importance of punk’s visual culture in creating the identity and legacy of the movement.

it is quite riveting, if i do say so myself. it's got it all: foul language, drug usage, death, blood, groundbreaking music, teenage rebellion, speed (as in both the rapid pace of the music and the youth subculture's lifestyle, and the drug), style, art, Situationists, class strife, social unrest, urban decay, AND MORE!

the crux of my thesis was the argument that youth subcultures use style to assert their difference and challenge hegemony and represent their ideology through visual codes. I LOVE THAT. i find that idea so endlessly fascinating.

i leave you with some of my fave images from my "SENIOR PROJECT."