{"id":62064,"date":"2010-11-07T19:18:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T18:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/?p=16363"},"modified":"2010-11-07T19:18:39","modified_gmt":"2010-11-07T18:18:39","slug":"noir-at-somerset-house-in-darkness-all-colours-agree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/blog\/2010\/11\/07\/noir-at-somerset-house-in-darkness-all-colours-agree\/","title":{"rendered":"Noir alla Somerset House - In Darkness All Colours Agree"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\u2018Everything we do in life, the clothes we wear, food we eat, architecture, medicine and of course – the music we hear everyday have been brought about, influenced, changed and channelled by the development and history of black people within our society.\u2019 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

October\u00a0is traditionally\u00a0the Black History Month in Britain and it closed in\u00a0style this year with Noir at Somerset House. Untold held an inspiring event combining fashion, art and design to celebrate and emphasize the role of diversity in the construction of our society. It was the perfect opportunity to showcase the work of emerging or more confirmed talents through an exhibition, the projection of a short film and a catwalk show.<\/p>\n

Two parts of the event particularly caught my attention, the first one being a\u00a0glass wall near the entrance of the Embankment Galleries, covered with press clips and quotes from fashion industry professionals. All were related to\u00a0the obvious under-representation of\u00a0black models\u00a0both on the catwalk and in magazines. \u00a0Some of the quotes were from models themselves, from Naomi Campbell\u00a0to\u00a0Veronica Webb,\u00a0others from fashion designers, editors\u00a0or even historians, all pointing towards the same sad conclusion, which is that\u00a0if things have slightly changed in other areas, they remain desperately the same when it comes to fashion. Reading these press clips, one after another, was deeply shocking –\u00a0whether it be designers\u00a0feeling\u00a0they have done their bit with regards\u00a0to diversity when they have casted one black model in their whole show, or advertisers arguing they prefer not to cast a\u00a0black woman\u00a0because they fear it won’t be appealing enough to the majority.\u00a0As Maame Baryeh,\u00a0Founding Director of Untold Design, underlined: “In an industry where colour, shade and texture form the lifeblood of creativity, it remains distinctly one dimensional in its representation of diversity.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The other\u00a0highly enjoyable part of the event was the Pecha Kucha session. If you are anything like me, your first reaction\u00a0would be “pecha what?”. I wasn’t at all familiar with this concept before Noir and I’m very happy to have discovered this brilliant way to present one’s work. Devised in 2003\u00a0by Tokyo based architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, for young designers to meet, network and show their work, the concept has turned into a huge success, inspiring creatives worldwide. Pecha Kucha, which\u00a0draws its name from the Japanese term for the sound of conversation, rests on a presentation format based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds.\u00a0Five very brave speakers embraced the challenge at Noir, including Maame Baryeh, but also Elsie Owusu (Architect), Jocelyn Jee Esian (Comedian &\u00a0Actor), Annegret Affolderbach (Designer) and Nii Awikye Parkes (Author).<\/p>\n

Laurie Guillem<\/p>\n

For more information, visit <\/strong><\/em>http:\/\/www.un-told.co.uk\/<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0o e-mail <\/strong><\/em>info@un-told.co.uk<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.
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Tutto ci\u00f2 che facciamo nella vita, i vestiti che indossiamo, il cibo che mangiamo, l'architettura, la medicina e, naturalmente, la musica che ascoltiamo ogni giorno sono stati...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mode"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}