Exposition

Interrogating the notion of 'frock consciousness' through the practice of dressing and responding to dressed bodies (2020)

Jennifer Anyan

About this exposition

Within my practice as an artist that draws upon my professional experience as a fashion stylist, I have undertaken a broad range of practice-based projects in the last thirteen years that deal with the identity and dress. This exposition seeks to use Virginia Woolf’s notion of frock consciousness as a framework to demonstrate how each of the projects has contributed to a body of research that has enabled me to make a contribution to knowledge in terms of how the practice of dressing ourselves impacts upon one’s consciousness and experience of being in the world. Lisa Cohen in her essay "Frock Consciousness”: Virginia Woolf, the Open Secret, and the Language of Fashion (1999) reminds us that, whilst the idea of frock consciousness discussed by Woolf in her diary of 1925 might at first appear to be an oxymoron, one word concerned with coverings and the other a quality of mind, clothes “lie between what we understand to be public space (the social world at large), and what we consider private (the body of an individual)” (150:1999).
typeresearch exposition
keywordsfashion practice research, dress, embodiment, frock consciousness, affect, autoethnography
date27/10/2020
published27/10/2020
last modified27/10/2020
statuspublished
share statusprivate
affiliationSolent University, Southampton
copyrightJennifer Anyan
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/590685/967683
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/jar.590685
published inJournal for Artistic Research
portal issue21. 21


Simple Media

id name copyright license
590692 anyanpaper Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
590727 30dec06 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
590728 1408 southampton airport parkway Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
590729 Sleeper 20 J Anyan Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
590730 Sleeper34 J Anyan Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
590735 Doreen's Housecoat (shortened) Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
590740 bowler hats Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
590741 Burka and flipflops Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
590742 Hoods, Truro Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
590743 leather jacket, army fatigues Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
590744 Old man in tweed hat Melton Mowbray Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
590745 Sports wear & puffa coat with furry hood, Sunderland Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
590746 Stripey t-shirt couple Scarborough Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
590747 tank top, shorts, scarf, satchel & flip flops Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
590748 tracksuit and cap, Truro Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
606696 IMG_5198 09.07 Art Monthly Teresa Gleadowe All rights reserved
606700 IMG_5183 Guardian Guide All rights reserved
606784 Embodied Memories book cover image Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
606786 6898 frame 2 (1) Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
606789 housecoat image Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
606791 Doreen's Housecoat Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
606792 6900 Frame 4 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
606794 Eva's Raincoat Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
606796 Joy's Trousseau Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607326 Gestures of fashioning as and by Sarah JENNIFER ANYAN All rights reserved
607357 IMG_3870 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607372 IMG_3866 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607391 Screen Shot 2019-04-16 at 16.52.19 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607392 Screen Shot 2019-04-16 at 16.52.10 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607393 Screen Shot 2019-04-16 at 16.52.03 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607394 Screen Shot 2019-04-16 at 16.51.12 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607395 Screen Shot 2019-04-16 at 16.51.21 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607396 Screen Shot 2019-04-16 at 16.51.30 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607400 Screen Shot 2019-04-16 at 16.57.17 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607401 Screen Shot 2019-04-16 at 16.34.54 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607403 Screen Shot 2019-04-16 at 16.35.05 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607463 IMG_1162 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607466 IMG_1162 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607491 IMG_5196 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607492 IMG_5183 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
607494 IMG_5183 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
648792 anyanpaper Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
649880 1308 Southampton Airport Parkway to London Waterloo Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
649889 1835 waterloo to parkway 20 april Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
649890 1835 waterloo to parkway 20 april Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
649896 Ella Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
649975 IMG_1026 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
649976 IMG_0995 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
649977 IMG_0978 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
653123 fullsizeoutput_1da4 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
653132 McQ dress fabric Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
653145 McQ dress fabric Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
653153 McQ dress fabric Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
655869 Screen Shot 2019-07-03 at 11.10.39 jennifer anyan All rights reserved
655870 Gallery window Embodied memories Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
655873 WINDOW JHG Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
655874 installation of house coat at jhg Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
655886 IMG_1369 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
655888 IMG_1360 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
655892 Screen Shot 2019-07-12 at 11.23.05 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
655915 Screen Shot 2019-07-12 at 13.11.06 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
655916 Screen Shot 2019-07-12 at 13.10.57 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
655917 Screen Shot 2019-07-12 at 13.11.37 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
655918 Screen Shot 2019-07-12 at 13.11.56 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
655919 Screen Shot 2019-07-12 at 13.12.03 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
656266 Carly's (wide-fit) Shoes Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
656267 Carly's (wide-fit) shoes Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
656269 Carly's (wide-fit) shoes Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
656465 Screen Shot 2019-07-12 at 11.23.05 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
656530 Screen Shot 2019-07-12 at 11.22.16 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
656531 Screen Shot 2019-07-12 at 11.22.08 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
714342 Doreen's housecoat full length Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
719312 Screen Shot 2019-10-29 at 14.26.42 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
719314 Screen Shot 2019-10-29 at 14.26.33 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
724019 Baltic couple Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
724021 fabulous Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
724023 I', curious album Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
724025 10th January 2008 crop Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
724027 just what I needed Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
724029 DAPPER Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
724031 10th January 2008 058 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
724032 AGYNESS Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
966032 Instructions for Marija Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
966033 Instructions for Marija Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
966053 FABJ1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
966058 FABJ1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
966452 housecoat image Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
966459 Jane's Brooch Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
966464 Eva's Raincoat Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
967747 introtest jp Public domain
967750 introtest me All rights reserved
967753 introtest me All rights reserved
967755 introtest2 me All rights reserved
967757 introtest3 me All rights reserved
967760 introtest4 me All rights reserved
967762 introtest5 me All rights reserved
969138 layout1 Josie and jennifer All rights reserved
969141 layout2 me All rights reserved
969144 layout23 me All rights reserved
969155 layout4 me All rights reserved
969158 layout5 me All rights reserved
972039 Conclusion me All rights reserved
972073 Erodiing otherness pages me All rights reserved
972074 eroding the otherness1 me All rights reserved
972076 Erodiing otherness pages2 me All rights reserved
972078 Erodiing otherness pages3 me All rights reserved
972081 Erodiing otherness pages4 me All rights reserved
972093 Erodiing otherness pages4 me All rights reserved
972097 AGYNESS me All rights reserved
972099 i know you were filming me me All rights reserved
972100 bad ass with kleenex me All rights reserved
972103 i'm curious me All rights reserved
972104 just what I needed me All rights reserved
972105 march pervert me All rights reserved
972106 you have amused me me All rights reserved
972107 would you like a picture me All rights reserved
972108 SLEEPING BEHIND ME me All rights reserved
972109 photographing The Star me All rights reserved
972110 fabulous me All rights reserved
972111 me photographing you photographing her me All rights reserved
972112 DAPPER me All rights reserved
972113 10th January 2008 crop me All rights reserved
972117 Sleeper34 J Anyan me All rights reserved
972118 Sleeper 20 J Anyan me All rights reserved
972119 Sleeper 21 J Anyan me All rights reserved
972120 Sleeper 9 J Anyan me All rights reserved
972121 prints layered 4 and 5 me All rights reserved
972123 anyanpaper anyan All rights reserved
972129 Erodiing otherness pages2 me All rights reserved
972133 Erodiing otherness pages22 me All rights reserved
972162 embodied memories me All rights reserved
972164 Eva's Raincoat me All rights reserved
972169 Doreen's Housecoat me All rights reserved
972170 housecoat image me All rights reserved
972171 Cilla's Cape with Red Hair me All rights reserved
972172 Embodied Memories book cover image me All rights reserved
972173 Lingerie me All rights reserved
975631 test me All rights reserved
975633 test me All rights reserved
978144 fashioning as and by title Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978148 subtitle Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978257 line2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978269 film stills Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978288 line Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978299 the night before Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978306 quote graphic3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978310 Screen Shot 2019-04-16 at 16.52.19 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978312 IMG_6364 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978313 IMG_6363 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978315 IMG_6360 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978316 IMG_4029 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978317 IMG_3870 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978318 IMG_3846 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978323 notes written on phone Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978325 line2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978332 Jennifer Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978335 Screenshot 2020-09-01 at 17.05.51 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978337 Screenshot 2020-09-01 at 17.05.58 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978338 Screenshot 2020-09-01 at 17.06.09 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978340 Screenshot 2020-09-01 at 17.06.27 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978341 Screenshot 2020-09-01 at 17.06.36 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978342 Screenshot 2020-09-01 at 17.06.46 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978346 Screenshot 2020-09-01 at 17.13.30 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978348 quote graphic2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978353 letter Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978358 line3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978362 Screenshot 2020-09-01 at 17.34.18 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978364 IMG_1149 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978365 Screen Shot 2019-04-16 at 16.34.54 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978366 Screen Shot 2019-04-16 at 16.35.05 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978367 Screen Shot 2019-04-16 at 16.57.17 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978368 IMG_1158 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978371 reverse divider Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978374 Screenshot 2020-09-01 at 17.44.13 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978377 IMG_1158 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978382 quote graphic2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978389 Screenshot 2020-09-01 at 18.04.07 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
978392 quote graphics Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983018 understanding frock Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983023 understanding frock-1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983025 the night before copy Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983028 notes written on my phone Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983032 notes written on my phone 2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983036 methodologytitle Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983039 quote graphics Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983042 reverse divider Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983111 line3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983114 line2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983123 line3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983130 quote graphic2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983137 Introduction totle Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983146 exposit Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983153 Screenshot 2020-09-09 at 12.57.04 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983157 quote graphic3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983161 quote graphics Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983176 line2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983182 embodiment in the world-1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983713 quote graphic2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983721 line2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983734 quote graphics Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983746 line3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
983749 reverse divider Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
984112 eroding the otherness title Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
984119 line3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
984122 Embodied Memories title Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
984125 fashioning as and by another Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
984129 quote graphic2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987449 embodied memories Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987456 reverse divider Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987475 quote graphic2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987485 housecoat image Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987488 Doreen's Housecoat Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987491 line2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987507 line3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987512 Cilla's Cape with Red Hair Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987515 Embodied Memories book cover image Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987537 line3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987540 Screenshot 2020-09-11 at 13.11.37 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987542 reverse divider Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987546 Jane's Brooch Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987554 Screenshot 2020-09-11 at 13.22.21 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987562 line Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987566 Eva's Raincoat Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987583 quote graphics Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987594 line2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
987599 Screenshot 2020-09-11 at 13.44.58 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994900 eroding title Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994907 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 13.34.13 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994910 anyanpaper Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994913 quote graphic2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994920 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 13.40.53 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994925 reverse divider Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994929 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 13.44.37 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994937 line Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994939 line3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994942 prints layered 4 and 5 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994943 Sleeper 9 J Anyan Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994944 Sleeper 21 J Anyan Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994945 Sleeper 20 J Anyan Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994946 Sleeper34 J Anyan Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994949 quote graphic2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994951 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 14.02.26 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994954 quote graphics Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994957 line Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994960 quote graphic3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994964 line3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
994994 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 14.24.50 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995040 Velvet Jacket and a beautiful face paperback Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995042 Jessica Simpson pdf Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995047 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 15.31.24 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995052 reverse divider Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995058 mobile phone photographs in albumn 1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995062 mobile phone photographs in albumn 2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995065 mobile phone photographs in albumn 2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995071 mobile phone photographs in albumn 2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995080 mobile phone photograph in albumn 3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995083 mobile phone photograpg in albumn 5 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995088 1230 Southampton Central to waterloo 22 feb Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995089 1230 Southampton Central to waterloo 22 feb Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995091 line3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995095 2135 waterloo to parkway 1march Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995097 2035 waterloo to parkway 26 april Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995101 2035 WATERLOO to airport 14MARCH Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995103 2005 waterloo to southampton airport parkway Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995106 1835 waterloo to parkway 20 april Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995110 1630 Southampton Central to Woking 2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995113 1630 Southampton Central to Woking 1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995116 1605 waterloo to parkway 19 march Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995118 1600 CENTRAL TO WATERLOO 14MARCH Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995121 1308 Southampton Airport Parkway to London Waterloo Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995125 1230 Southampton Central to waterloopfd 22 feb Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995128 1230 Southampton Central to waterloo 22 feb Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995138 quote graphic2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995141 line3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995157 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 16.16.30 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995161 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 16.16.42 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995162 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 16.16.52 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995163 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 16.17.01 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995164 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 16.17.09 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995165 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 16.17.17 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995166 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 16.17.27 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995167 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 16.17.36 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995168 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 16.17.44 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995170 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 16.17.52 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995171 Screenshot 2020-09-16 at 16.18.04 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995951 Screenshot 2020-09-17 at 12.17.12 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995953 Jessica Simpson pdf Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995955 Velvet Jacket and a beautiful face paperback_ Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995959 mobile phone photographs in albumn 1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995961 mobile phone photographs in albumn 2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995963 mobile phone photograph in albumn 3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
995965 mobile phone photograpg in albumn 5 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996078 Velvet Jacket and a beautiful face paperback Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996205 Screenshot 2020-09-17 at 17.56.52 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996208 line Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996210 Velvet Jacket and a beautiful face paperback_ Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996211 Jessica Simpson pdf Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996214 1230 Southampton Central to waterloo 22 feb Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996215 1230 Southampton Central to waterloo 22 feb-1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996216 1308 Southampton Airport Parkway to London Waterloo-1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996217 1600 CENTRAL TO WATERLOO 14MARCH-1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996218 1605 waterloo to parkway 19 march-1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996219 1630 Southampton Central to Woking 1-1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996220 1835 waterloo to parkway 20 april-1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996221 2005 waterloo to southampton airport parkway-1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996222 2035 WATERLOO to airport 14MARCH-1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996223 2135 waterloo to parkway 1march-1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996224 1630 Southampton Central to Woking 2-1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996225 2035 waterloo to parkway 26 april-1 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996228 line2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996230 conclusiontitle Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996233 reverse divider Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996238 line3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996242 line2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996245 referencestitle Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996248 line2 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996253 line3 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996255 anyanpaper Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved
996617 Screenshot 2020-09-18 at 10.01.43 Jennifer Anyan All rights reserved

Comments are only available for registered users.