TREND PROJECT- PIRATE RADIO

For this project we had to create a trend based on a subculture, we visited the 'all about the boy' exhibition in LCF to see what subcultures have been referenced in fashion in the past, we saw gosha rubchinskiy referencing UFO culture and skate culture in the film KIDS by Larry Clark. I started to think of subcultures I have found interesting and came across Liam Hodges' SS16 campaign that was based around the idea of pirate radio. So i went along with this idea and started to watch documentaries on early 2000s pirate radio with stations like uckerz badderz, KISS FM and Rinse FM. Below are some research images on the culture including one of Liam Hodges' looks from SS16.

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I then started to look at how pirate radio has evolved from breaking into flats and sticking antennas on the roofs onto the internet, i tried illegally hosting my own show and was able to do it in minutes. My article, along with the gritty DIY graphics, delves into this matter and questions whether pirate radio is still in fact alive.

We had to chose a magazine for our article to feature in, I researched in the library and ended up choosing BEAT magazine because it has the most ziney feel and is based around music. I also produced a song based off of old pirate radio recordings and put Hector Aponymus' spoken word project over the top, this would be used along with the article. Listen below: