SOCKET Magazine - London Metropolitan University
A magazine is synonymous with revelation, sharing and reflection; it is a colourful compact guide through ideas and suggestions that can stay with us even after newspaper headlines are shredded and hasty videos are scrolled away. There is no ‘perfect’ or ‘easy’ way to create and launch a magazine. Yet, the 20/21 BA Photography Year 2 students of the School of Art, Architecture and Design, London Metropolitan University, brought together their creative idiosyncrasies to produce a fantastic source of collective energy and inspiration – aptly called SOCKET.
Diverse photographic genres blend in a symbiotic narrative that features selected work from the students’ array of projects. They reach out to the world with an inspective eye (AGORA), follow people to their various roots (TRACE), expose our shapeshifting mood in our strive for survival (CHAMELEON), and shed a spotlight on digital heroes and hidden icons (EYESOME). The productive cross-contamination of creative practices (in this instance, photography, poetry and painting) is celebrated as a serious field of enquiry in which the process of discovery transcends to the final outcome.
Yiannis Katsaris
Senior Lecturer, BA Photography
London Metropolitan University
A magazine is synonymous with revelation, sharing and reflection; it is a colourful compact guide through ideas and suggestions that can stay with us even after newspaper headlines are shredded and hasty videos are scrolled away. There is no ‘perfect’ or ‘easy’ way to create and launch a magazine. Yet, the 20/21 BA Photography Year 2 students of the School of Art, Architecture and Design, London Metropolitan University, brought together their creative idiosyncrasies to produce a fantastic source of collective energy and inspiration – aptly called SOCKET.
Diverse photographic genres blend in a symbiotic narrative that features selected work from the students’ array of projects. They reach out to the world with an inspective eye (AGORA), follow people to their various roots (TRACE), expose our shapeshifting mood in our strive for survival (CHAMELEON), and shed a spotlight on digital heroes and hidden icons (EYESOME). The productive cross-contamination of creative practices (in this instance, photography, poetry and painting) is celebrated as a serious field of enquiry in which the process of discovery transcends to the final outcome.
Yiannis Katsaris
Senior Lecturer, BA Photography
London Metropolitan University
EDITOR’S NOTE02A magazine is synonymous with revelation, sharing andreflection; it is a colourful compact guide through ideasand suggestions that can stay with us even after newspaperheadlines are shredded and hasty videos are scrolledaway. There is no ‘perfect’ or ‘easy’ way to create andlaunch a magazine. Yet, the 20/21 BA Photography Year2 students of the School of Art, Architecture and Design,London Metropolitan University, brought togethertheir creative idiosyncrasies to produce a fantasticsource of collective energy and inspiration – aptly calledSOCKET.16Diverse photographic genres blend in a symbiotic narrativethat features selected work from the students’array of projects. They reach out to the world with aninspective eye (AGORA), follow people to their variousroots (TRACE), expose our shapeshifting moodin our strive for survival (CHAMELEON), and sheda spotlight on digital heroes and hidden icons (EYE-SOME). The productive cross-contamination of creativepractices (in this instance, photography, poetry andpainting) is celebrated as a serious field of enquiry inwhich the process of discovery transcends to the finaloutcome.Yiannis KatsarisSenior Lecturer, BA PhotographyLondon Metropolitan University32OUTLET 30We’re not just pretty. A showcase of alternate non photographicworks made by our photography students.BEHIND THE SCENES 36Read up on techniques and view images used to createfeatured student work and how they made it happen inour BTS article - it will be sure to inspire.COMPETITION 62Read up on techniques and view images used to createfeatured student work and how they made it happen inour BTS article - it will be sure to inspire.46SWITCH 68‘The Artist who thrives in Solitide’An interview with Cristian Marianciuc on hisstylistic and intricately decorated, OrigamiCranes.
C O N T E N T SAgora 02Chameleon 32Taking a look at therealms we occupy,Agora seeks to documentand study the central publicspace, the one that connectsthe multiplicity of the personalfamiliarity with thewider human existence. It’svalues and its social occupancy.Our places of sharedcultures and beliefs. Wherewe inhabit one space, experiencesimilar moments -the universality of the life ofhumankind.Trace 16V01L5MUDiscovery and experimentationare a cornerstoneof photographicpractice, we utilise photographictechniques, a playon visuals, distortion ofreality, costume and metaphor,process and manipulation,to investigate and interrogatethe world aroundus, and a space where discoveryis realised throughinvestigation and iteration.Eyesome 46Exploring the evolutionof human interconnection,and the complexitywithin this world. Animage worth more than athousand words, breakingthe barrier of what is documented.Aiming to addressthrough visual concepts,the future and presentaffairs that are a part ofsociety and its inhabitants.The ‘eye’ is the viewpoint,the engagement with theprospect and the possibilitiesof our unknowns,on a personal or universalscope. The ‘some’ is thatof us all, the ‘sum’ of humanityand its interwovenworkings, in a collective,world-image with multipleadaptations.1
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- Page 28 and 29: Domestic Violenceby Daniel Atash Ba
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EDITOR’S NOTE
02
A magazine is synonymous with revelation, sharing and
reflection; it is a colourful compact guide through ideas
and suggestions that can stay with us even after newspaper
headlines are shredded and hasty videos are scrolled
away. There is no ‘perfect’ or ‘easy’ way to create and
launch a magazine. Yet, the 20/21 BA Photography Year
2 students of the School of Art, Architecture and Design,
London Metropolitan University, brought together
their creative idiosyncrasies to produce a fantastic
source of collective energy and inspiration – aptly called
SOCKET.
16
Diverse photographic genres blend in a symbiotic narrative
that features selected work from the students’
array of projects. They reach out to the world with an
inspective eye (AGORA), follow people to their various
roots (TRACE), expose our shapeshifting mood
in our strive for survival (CHAMELEON), and shed
a spotlight on digital heroes and hidden icons (EYE-
SOME). The productive cross-contamination of creative
practices (in this instance, photography, poetry and
painting) is celebrated as a serious field of enquiry in
which the process of discovery transcends to the final
outcome.
Yiannis Katsaris
Senior Lecturer, BA Photography
London Metropolitan University
32
OUTLET 30
We’re not just pretty. A showcase of alternate non photographic
works made by our photography students.
BEHIND THE SCENES 36
Read up on techniques and view images used to create
featured student work and how they made it happen in
our BTS article - it will be sure to inspire.
COMPETITION 62
Read up on techniques and view images used to create
featured student work and how they made it happen in
our BTS article - it will be sure to inspire.
46
SWITCH 68
‘The Artist who thrives in Solitide’
An interview with Cristian Marianciuc on his
stylistic and intricately decorated, Origami
Cranes.
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