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Showing posts with label my work. Show all posts

GRIZZLY SOUTH - DESTINY PREVIEW

Monday, 16 August 2010 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..



'Destiny' music video performed by Grizzly South (emcee threesome from Crawley. Co-directed with Breadsticks, for any inquiries please contact Enigma Productions via rav_kf88@hotmail.co.uk

Alternatively you can view it via YouTube;

THE UNLAWFUL ECONOMY (MA ARTEFACT)

Monday, 14 June 2010 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..

THE UNLAWFUL ECONOMY from iamrav on Vimeo.

My artefact produced for MA Applied Imagination at Central Saint Martins. It iterates how the problem of crime and the economy can he helped by employing ex-offenders, but also how they can be integrated back into society.

THE ENIGMA...

Friday, 21 May 2010 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..

Enigma Productions Ident from iamrav on Vimeo.


Enigma Productions Ident_2 from iamrav on Vimeo.

LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM; SURBURBIA

Sunday, 7 March 2010 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..


"Suburbia explores how public transport helped to create the myths and identity of suburbia and how it has featured in the cultural fabric of London and Britain over the last 100 years.
The exhibition looks at how transport has shaped the suburbs and celebrate suburban lifestyle, architecture, design and popular culture through a series of unique displays. Mixing fun, fact and a little bit of fantasy to rejoice in a place that we collectively continue to love and hate. "






















SERPENTINE GALLERY; DESIGN REAL

by ..:: IAMRAV ::..



THIS EXHIBITION FOCUSSED ON REAL ITEMS CONCEIVED IN THE LAST DECADE - MASS PRODUCED FOR EVERYDAY LIFE. IT PRESENTED A WIDE RANGE OF OBJECTS BY LEADING INTERNATIONAL DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS; FROM FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS TO TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL MOVEMENTS





FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE FOR THE OFFICIAL EXHIBITION WEBPAGE

CAMBRIDGE CIRCUS SOUNDSCAPE

Monday, 1 February 2010 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..

SO THE BRIEF THIS WEEK WAS TO CREATE A SOUNDSCAPE FROM OUR GIVEN LOCATIONS IN THE GROUPS. MY GROUP'S LOCATION WAS CAMBRIDGE CIRCUS - A MEETING POINT OF SOHO, COMMERCE, THEATRICS AND CHINA TOWN. BUT HOW EXACTLY WOULD WE INCORPORATE ALL THIS INTO A SOUNDSCAPE? WATCH AND LEARN...






TO GET AHEAD, GET A HAT

Wednesday, 20 January 2010 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..

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

V AND A MAHARAJA AND DECODE EXHIBITION

by ..:: IAMRAV ::..











THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF 3D MAPPING TECHNOLOGY WHERE IN THE EXHIBITION YOU COULD TOUCH THE SCREEN AND IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO VIEW DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF RENDERED IMAGES




THIS WAS A SOUND RESPONSIVE APPLICATION WHICH ALLOWED SOUND TO BE PROCESSED THROUGH A MICROPHONE AND TRANSLATED INO MOVING ANIMATION






THIS FABRICA EXQUISITE CLOCK 2009 IS A FOREVER CHANGING CLOCKFACE WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE UPLAODED IMAGES RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER BEING DISPLAYED

ONOTO REVISITED

Friday, 31 July 2009 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..


ONOTO STALL VISUAL



ONOTO MEMENTO POSTCARD



ONOTO G2 GUARDIAN PRESS AD



ONOTO MPU WEB AD


THIS BODY OF WORK IS A MARKETING MODULE WHERE I HAD TO PROMOTE ONOTO FOUNTAIN PENS AFTER THEIR 2006 RE-LAUNCH. MY PLAN IS TO HAVE A STALL AT THE HAY-ON-WYE LITERARY FESTIVAL WHERE I WOULD PROVIDE A DEMONSTRATION OF THE PENS AS A MEMENTO POSTCARD - DONE BY CALLIGRAPHER ALISON CARMICHAEL. FOLLOWING UP TO THE EVENT WOULD BE A PRESS AD IN THE G2 GUARDIAN MAGAZINE FOR 7 WEEKS AND AND MPU WEB AD ON THEECONOMIST.COM FOR 8 WEEKS...ENJOY

FUCHSIA NIGHTS...

Wednesday, 29 July 2009 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..





SOMETHING I'M WORKING ON FOR A CLIENT...

SKETCHBOOK x RODCHENKO_POPOVA EXHIBITION = AVANT-GARDE INSPIRATION

Saturday, 13 June 2009 by ..:: IAMRAV ::..















THIS IS MY ATTEMPT AT RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE!!!