Disobedient Objects
Disobedient Objects was an art Exhibition that was being shown at the Victoria and Albert Museum (26th July 2014- 1st February 2015). The Exhibition contains lots of art pieces that demonstrate how political activism drives a wealth of design ingenuity and creativity that are against the standard definition of art & design. The exhibition redefined the political and technical challenges that have been developed from the late 1970s.
They recreated different disobedient objects, such as bike bloc, lock-ons, tear-gas mask e.c.t , they would re design them to represent when they were used in a weird yet similar way to the originals.
In groups we had individual disobedient objects to research about, my group had to research Lock-on devices.
Bike Bloc:
The Bike Bloc was created by welding two bikes together and putting in speaker, so when they were protesting they would be heard further and louder. It also holds a computer to play their speech on. It first originated in Copenhagen of December 2009, it has since been developed in Germany and Holland.
Book Bloc Shield:
The Book Bloc Shield is a defencive screen that is used during protests to block police and stop the police from hurting them. Book Blocs have been a visible feature of protests since 2010 around the world, it was created by an Italian student during a protest against cuts in education. They symbolise not only despairing prospects of affordable education but the demise of the book as well.
Tear Gas Mask:
The mask was made in the year 2013 as part of the protests in Istanbul, they used a plastic bottle, elastic and strips of insulation foam, this was to help them breath if the police dropped tear gas on them. as well as them being able to carry on protesting.
Lock-on Devices:
A lock-on is a technique used by protesters use to make it difficult to remove them from their place of protest. Originally they would use chains and handcuffs, but other devices have been introduced, such as tubes or pipes with handholds built in to link a person to an object or to create chains of people. Other common objects include padlocks,U-locks and other bicycle locks, lockboxes and other rigging in tree sitting. Lock-on Devices have been used since 1960s and 70s. The most recent news report of protesters that used the lock-on technique was about a group of anti-fracking protesters camped by a drilling site with their own linked chains that was concealed in a pipe so that it would be difficult for the police to get them out.
Flone:
This was invented by artist Lot Amorós, and engineers Cristina Navarro and Alexander Oliver. It can fly up to 20 metres and take photographs and videos from above, it was designed to be cheap and simple, the air frame is wooden and is powered by a standalone battery and four propellers.
This is useful for protesters as if there was an assault by the police without reasoning they would have visual proof.
Bucket Pamphlet Bomb:
The pamphlets bomb was developed in Britain by South African Communist Party (SACP) and South Africans living in exile in London. The Bucket Pamphlet bomb would distribute hundreds of pamphlets carefully into the air, which maximised distribution. Although the first few designs did sometimes harm people without intent. The first prototype bombs were tested in Bristol and Richmond Park, the pamphlets were made out of lightweight rice to add a better coverage, they also had a toy spider to deter inquisitive people.
When looking at the Exhibition they had poster type designs which helped show how the objects were made and worked.
They are very informative and remind me of Icons by their simplistic imagery but also how they have only two different colour variations.
They recreated different disobedient objects, such as bike bloc, lock-ons, tear-gas mask e.c.t , they would re design them to represent when they were used in a weird yet similar way to the originals.
In groups we had individual disobedient objects to research about, my group had to research Lock-on devices.
Bike Bloc:
The Bike Bloc was created by welding two bikes together and putting in speaker, so when they were protesting they would be heard further and louder. It also holds a computer to play their speech on. It first originated in Copenhagen of December 2009, it has since been developed in Germany and Holland.Book Bloc Shield:
The Book Bloc Shield is a defencive screen that is used during protests to block police and stop the police from hurting them. Book Blocs have been a visible feature of protests since 2010 around the world, it was created by an Italian student during a protest against cuts in education. They symbolise not only despairing prospects of affordable education but the demise of the book as well.
Tear Gas Mask:
The mask was made in the year 2013 as part of the protests in Istanbul, they used a plastic bottle, elastic and strips of insulation foam, this was to help them breath if the police dropped tear gas on them. as well as them being able to carry on protesting.
Lock-on Devices:
A lock-on is a technique used by protesters use to make it difficult to remove them from their place of protest. Originally they would use chains and handcuffs, but other devices have been introduced, such as tubes or pipes with handholds built in to link a person to an object or to create chains of people. Other common objects include padlocks,U-locks and other bicycle locks, lockboxes and other rigging in tree sitting. Lock-on Devices have been used since 1960s and 70s. The most recent news report of protesters that used the lock-on technique was about a group of anti-fracking protesters camped by a drilling site with their own linked chains that was concealed in a pipe so that it would be difficult for the police to get them out.
Flone:
This was invented by artist Lot Amorós, and engineers Cristina Navarro and Alexander Oliver. It can fly up to 20 metres and take photographs and videos from above, it was designed to be cheap and simple, the air frame is wooden and is powered by a standalone battery and four propellers.
This is useful for protesters as if there was an assault by the police without reasoning they would have visual proof.
Bucket Pamphlet Bomb:
The pamphlets bomb was developed in Britain by South African Communist Party (SACP) and South Africans living in exile in London. The Bucket Pamphlet bomb would distribute hundreds of pamphlets carefully into the air, which maximised distribution. Although the first few designs did sometimes harm people without intent. The first prototype bombs were tested in Bristol and Richmond Park, the pamphlets were made out of lightweight rice to add a better coverage, they also had a toy spider to deter inquisitive people.
When looking at the Exhibition they had poster type designs which helped show how the objects were made and worked.They are very informative and remind me of Icons by their simplistic imagery but also how they have only two different colour variations.
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