Found Art Project Music of 70's and 80's

The theme my group chose is Music of the 1970’s and 1980’s. We decided to split up this topic into music genres, impact on fashion, music in general, and technology. Some examples of music genres in the 70’s and 80’s are Punk and Hip Hop. These were very popular and had major influences on the fashion worn at that time. People in the 70’s would wear leather jackets, spiked collars, and have a Mohawk to demonstrate rebellion. Meanwhile during the 80’s the clothing of Hip Hop was sportswear and represented freedom. The technology changed quite a bit throughout the 70’s and 80’s. The main invention was the phonograph records. They were named by their size and rotational speed, “16⅔ rpm, "33⅓ rpm, "45 rpm, "78 rpm. The standard duration of a disk was around 4 minutes per side, but there was another type of disk, “long play” or “extended play.” These allowed the disk to hold up to 30 minutes and were generally larger. These disks were used for full albums. At the end of the 80’s the compact disk was invented and soon replaced all phonograph records.

The items we had were 45rpm records, some pictures of a record player, a compact disk, a punk t-shirt with 70’s music, a spiked collar, and many record cases. We chose the 45rpm records for they were used throughout the 70’s and partly into the 80’s. The compact disk was the upgrade to the phonograph record and was created in the late 80’s. Fashion was popular and the shirt we have demonstrates the music of the time. The spiked collar was another example of the fashion people wore to show their interest in punk music. And the record cases were popular for full albums of musicians and all were American and played during the 70’s or 80’s.

A lot of the items were from our parents for they kept them from the 70’s and 80’s. We had plans to checking out other places like Goodwill if we needed additional items.

Some things I would have done differently would be our box. We really didn’t have any other option, but I think it would’ve been cooler if we had some super creative idea like the evolution of fast food.

Some advice I would give to next year’s class would to choose a topic that you can easily find items to bring in. I think that’s a major reason why my group had so many items. I know some groups weren’t able to find many items so the topic definitely made a difference. As always don’t procrastinate even though everyone does, including myself.

A picture we took and used on our project. It was too big for us to bring

-Brett