SO MY FIRST BRIEF OF MY MA DESIGN STUDIES COURSE WAS TO MAKE A HAT THAT SYMBOLISED WHO I AM, WHERE I WANT TO BE AND HOW TO GET THERE. AFTER GOING TO THE MAHARAJA AND DECODE EXHIBITION I EMBODIED MY ETHNICITY IN MY PIECE;
ELEPHANT - ROYAL INDIAN SIGN OF WEALTH AND PROSPERITY
LION HEAD - ROYAL INDIAN SIGN OF POWER AND INDEPENDENCE
SUN - MEANING OF MY NAME 'RAVINDRA = SUN-GOD"
INSTEAD OF REALLY MAKING A HAT TO COVER HAIR I DEFINED A HAT AS 'SOMETHING YOU WEAR ON YOUR HEAD', THEREFORE MY 'HAT' WAS A CONCEPT PAIR OF HEADPHONES THAT YOU WEAR LIKE SPECTACLES. THE REASON WHY I DID HEADPHONES BECAUSE THERE WERE METAPHORS TO MYSELF BEING FOCUSSED ON MY GOAL BUT STILL TAKING IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD AND JUST IN GENERAL I LOVE MUSIC.
ANYWAY ENOUGH JIBBER-JABBER...CHECK THE WORKING DRAWINGS
HERE'S THE FINAL THING...
ITS AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH SUPERGLUE, DOUBLE SIDED TAPE, PAPER PLATES AND KIDS ADHESIVE JEWELLRY EH?!
I ALSO DID A VERBAL PIECE AS WELL - A RHYTHMICAL POEM...ENJOY
HEAD DRESS ON, EARS APPEAR WIDE SHUT
FAR FROM THE TRUTH I'M A MEDIA SLUT
IM SPONGING, DISGUSTING, I'LL SUCK IT UP DRY
I LOVE MUSIC - LET ME EXPLAIN - GIVE ME SOME OF YOUR PRECIOUS TIME
HEADPHONES ARE THE METAPHOR FOR MY LIFE
IN TWO REASONS NOW ILL EXPLAIN JUST WHY
I WALK MY OWN RHYTHM, I DO NOT WALK THEIR'S
CLOSE OFF THE WORLD, IT'S ABOUT ME INSTEAD
BUT BACKROUND NOISE YOU CAN NOT IGNORE
DECONSTRUCT, RECONSTRUCT, TAKE AWAY THE FLAW
MAKE IT MORE - PLEASE - LET ME SIMPLIFY IT FOR YOU
TAKE SOMETHING MAKE IT BETTER - THAT'S WHAT I AM TO YOU
MY HEADRESS SYMBOLIZES MY DESCENDENSCY
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TRANSCENDING MY AMBITION TO BE
IN TIMES OF THE MAHARAJA IT WAS ALWAYS SAID
ELEPHANTS SIGNIFIED PROSPERITY & WEALTH
AND DEPICTIONS OF A LIONS HEAD MEANT
METAPHORS OF POWER AND INDEPENDENCE
THIS IS MY ROYAL COURTROOM
AND YOU ARE ALL A WITNESS
THESE JEWELS ON MY FACE
ARE ATTRIBUTES OF KINGSHIP
LETS NOT FORGET THE SUNRAYS ABOVE MY EYES
I'M A GOD - TRUST; THIS IS NO LIE
LOOK MY NAME UP AND YOU'LL FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS
I'M A GOD - TRUST; NOW BELIEVE IN ME
TRUST...BELIEVE IN ME
TRUST...BELIEVE IN MYSELF
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