Autumn / Winter 2024
"Silence (In an Extremely Loud Room)"
Examining the intersection between punk culture, brutalist architecture, and activism in the 1970s.
The Sex Pistols concert at Lesser Free Trade Hall on June 4, 1976
“In a tiny crowd of only 40 people were some names that would help shape the course of pop music over the next decade: Joy Division, The Smiths, Factory Records, The Buzzcocks, and The Clash. To some, this pivotal point in music history marks a divide. Everything before, pre-punk; everything after, post-punk; and punk itself only existing for a few hours."
Accompanying the music revolution was a moment in youth culture, the bubbling angst is channeled through photo prints of 1960s activists, like Provo movement in Amsterdam and the May 1968 Paris Student riots as essential contributors to the creation of punk aesthetics.
Meanwhile, the stark concrete buildings erected to soothe growing populations served as the breeding grounds for a new form of street art and music. The architectural outlook is represented in exaggerated shoulder pads, custom-milled fabric, pinstripe tailored silhouette, hand spray painted pieces, and a plethora of research and ephemera plastered onto garments.
