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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Losing
Identity
Meghan Casey Loughran
“Loosing identity as an
artist is one thing, much like
many people in Ireland and
in the North of Ireland have
experienced for hundreds of
years now, on both sides of the
fence.”
by Victor Dobritan
I am interested in producing a series of images
depicting individuals which are spiritually
fragmented, pursuing their goals and trying their
best to find and define themselves.
My first case study was Drama, when I came
across a deeper meaning of losing identity. I have
learned that seeking your true self is not only a
matter of profession, but also might be a fight in
keeping alive your heritage and traditions.
My project showcases the first generation of
Northern Irish people away for the horror of war,
struggling to find who they really are and where
they fit into our modern society. Meghan Casey
Loughran, in her 20’s represents a voice free to
create, and free to break down boundaries set
out by history. Acting since she was 5, Meghan
describes her art as extremely important and for
this reason she found my project as an amazing
opportunity to express herself in a different
medium rather than stage.
In the light of our reality, Meghan is speaking
about this new normal, when yet we cannot be
together to attend theatres and performances as
we always do due to the pandemic.
Being so proud of her national identity, Megan
refers to my project as a “clearer sense of her
identity both as an artist and as a person of
Irish heritage”.
According to Meghan, “Loosing identity as
an artist is one thing, much like many people
in Ireland and in the North of Ireland have
experienced for hundreds of years now, on
both sides of the fence”.
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