I thought I'd put up a bit of the studio work I have been doing for my 4th year project to show how I am using the exploration of my wardrobe to try bring awareness about conspicuous consumption. This is a video I made from still's, putting one item in my wardrobe at a time and taking a picture. This is to show how when we consume we aren't filling some sort of void in our happiness, the only void were filling is the one in our wardrobe. No matter how much stuff is in your wardrobe, your life will still be the same. 

Music: Red Cafe ft. Fabolous & Diddy "Money, Money, Money". I thought this song was appropriate as it shows how each new thing we put in our wardrobe is just more money spent. This song also makes me think of all the ways we are bombarded by society to think consuming is the normal and right thing to do. TV, advertisements, magazines, shops and in this case a Hip-hop artist all tell us to buy more things, spend your money and have the best, because that will make you happy and successful. We are raised to think that consuming excessively is fine, and I must say I'm still stuck in the trap. I may be writing this blog and trying to do all these things, but I still want to go out and get a new dress or a new pair of shoes, because I still think it'll make me happy, and that they would be nice to have. How am I going to make a strong and clear statement to really convince myself and others to change our consuming habits? Why do we do things when we know something about it isn't quite right.....