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
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EDINBURGH COMMUNITIES
with LIQUORICE on the music community in Scotland.
What was the music to you when you were young?
The bands I was obsessed with growing up were hugely male dominated, because for so long, I honestly
thought that it was just the bands with boys in them that were the cool ones. I cried when they came on
stage. I find the whole hysteria over boy bands so fascinating now, I was infatuated by their charisma, the
way they played their instruments, and how they just had fun on stage unapologetically. I think I was so
amazed by it because it was something I never really thought I could do, as similarly to many girls, I wasn’t
brought up thinking I could ever be in a band myself. It’s just something girls aren’t told they can do, in the
same way boys are, within the mainstream. It makes me laugh now when I think about the pedestal I put boys
who could play instruments on. I hope that progressively, more and more young girls go to watch musicians
and love them because they aim to be like them, rather than aiming to be with them.
What does being a part of the music scene in Scotland, in particular Edinburgh, serve you?
The intimacy of the music scene in Scotland is something I’ve always found enticing. Edinburgh in particular
has such a supportive community of bands and musicians, venues are incredibly welcoming and the
artists look out for each other, which I think is so important for grassroot bands like us.
How do you see the future of this scene?
It’s totally heartbreaking to watch all of our favourite venues suffer at this awful time for the industry. There
has been a complete lack of financial support for the arts during the pandemic, and it’s the independent venues
and self-employed that have suffered the most. As well as losing a lot of money, losing a means to your
art is such a difficult thing to process. It feels as though your purpose is slightly lost, in a way. However, in
the midst of all the bleakness, I certainly have hope that very soon there will be a new wave of opportunities
and experiences. I think the music scene will look completely different. Things won’t go back to ‘normal’,
which is good, we need a reshuffle. As much as I love the industry, there’s a lot that needs to change. Whatever
happens though, we’ll be providing the soundtrack...
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