{"id":3113,"date":"2017-12-11T23:24:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T23:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westminsterradio.net\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2017-12-11T23:24:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T23:24:26","slug":"the-chronicles-of-big-girl-an-exploration-of-self-love-and-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/the-chronicles-of-big-girl-an-exploration-of-self-love-and-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chronicles of Big girl: An exploration of self love and social media."},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Chronicles of Big girl: A exploration of self love and social media.<\/p>\n

In association with The White Chapel Gallery and Pink Bits Illustrations.<\/p>\n

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Delivery date: 12th<\/sup> December\u00a0 2017<\/p>\n

Duration: 20\u201900<\/p>\n

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Short Synopsis.<\/u><\/p>\n

An exploration through sound and illustration into the \u2018bits and shapes we\u2019re told to hide\u2019, with commission from The White Chapel Gallery, and using pink bits illustrations as a bridge into the appreciation of the female body and social media, I am to connect Audio, Art and social media. Narrated by an eclectic range of female voices, you will follow the art and audio to feel inspired and motivated within the thick thighs and untrimmed body hair.<\/p>\n

Long Synopsis.<\/u><\/p>\n

In reference to the Illustrations from \u2018Pink Bits\u2019 an Instagram profile sharing illustrations of the female body, covering all body types, ages and ethnicities with a total of\u00a0 37.8K followers, I was inspired to educate myself on the online community dedicated to body positivity and self love, how it effects young women using social media as a consumer, People at the forefront of the movement, and people who are under this umbrella due to their work (i.e. Models). As a curvier girl myself, this is a personal educational journey into this growing community and it\u2019s importance. Asking important questions such as \u2018Why is it important to show our true selves online?\u2019 and \u2018what can we do as body positivity activists to ensure every young young feels comfortable online?\u2019 I aimed to dig deep and pull to the surface the true and real side of body positivity and it\u2019s potential scope.<\/p>\n

Talking to a range of different women, including prosthetic makeup artist Maya Man and actresses Alice Sykes (BBC Criminal Justice, Cradle to the grave) and Jessica Barden (The Lobster, End of the Fucking world) about their recreational social media use and how it can and has affected their body confidence. Along with Kate Hislop, Australian born Plus size model and about the pressure of social media within the modelling industry, and Honey Ross (Screen writer and daughter of Jonathon ross) about growing up in the public eye, and how that has compelled her to be a social media activist, who is at the forefront of Online campaign \u2018Pink Protests\u2019.<\/p>\n

I aim to provide an experimental gateway into sound art, and documentary style podcast. Meaning the audio is accessible through podcasting platforms and Sound cloud under \u2018The Chronicles of big girl\u2019 series in association with The White Chapel Gallery\u2019, so that it can be listened to in any circumstance. With a sound scape of famous speeches and pop culture dialogue and music, followed by an exploration of social media use in conjunction with body positivity and self-love. The audio is presented in two parts, the first an experimental response to the \u2018pink bits\u2019 Illustrations and the second part an educational journey through interviews pinpointing social media usage and body positivity.<\/p>\n

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Eliza Cowburn Explores through sound and illustration into the \u2018bits and shapes we\u2019re told to hide\u2019, with commission from The White Chapel Gallery, and using pink bits illustrations as a bridge into the appreciation of the female body and social media. Narrated by an eclectic range of female voices, you will follow the art and audio to feel inspired and motivated within the thick thighs and untrimmed body hair.<\/p>\n

IN:MUSIC…’Big Ball Women’<\/p>\n

OUT:’…Do you?’<\/p>\n

DUR: 20’51<\/p>\n

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Audio<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/eliza-cowburn\/the-chronicles-of-big-girl-an-exploration-of-self-love-and-social-media-mixdown<\/a><\/p>\n

Tweet<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Download ‘The Big Girl chronicles’ This week, where our resident Big girl @Elizamayc explores the world of body positivity on social media! In association with @pinkbits and @_TheWhitechapel\u00a0#Selflove\u00a0#Biggirl’<\/p>\n

Promotional Images<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pink Bits Illustrations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Music reporting form<\/strong><\/p>\n

Name of track: F.E.M.A.L.E<\/p>\n

Composer: Sampa The Great<\/p>\n

Publishing company (record company) WonderCore Islan<\/p>\n

Year of publication\/release: 2015<\/p>\n

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Name of track: Wannabe (Instrumental)<\/p>\n

Composer: Spice girls, Biffco, Matt Rowe<\/p>\n

Publishing company (record company) Virgin Records<\/p>\n

Year of publication\/release: 1996<\/p>\n

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Name of track: Falafal<\/p>\n

Composer: Tom Misch<\/p>\n

Publishing company (record company) Beyond The Groove 3<\/p>\n

Year of publication\/release: 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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