photographer martin parr is the foremost visual chronicler of his fellow britons and as the u.k. prepares to leave the european union. a new exhibition trains his satirical lens on a nation in search of its modern identity. and in the continual search for a sustainable materials one swiss bag manufacturer has come up with a way to accessorize with fibers from the banana plant. got a an artist who is says it took him some time to get away from the traditional western ideas of what sculpture should be made of now a new exhibition of his work at the house. takes us through all his material faces his large scale installations made from discarded screw caps from liquor bottles allude to the legacy of colonialism and to rampant consumerism and they're seen differently in every new see a habit. transforms every day materials

into striking works that incorporate aspects of. a x. and tapestries they've even being compared to the paintings. the artist believes in the power of transform. or. i'm not sure when i hope that their work with her. showing the world. for cross is on the work and wonder why those two people don't have control over her and what i hope something good. ok similarly when people see my work make three since they do. me how'd the first floor spirito belief that. suri has many fans who are drawn to the beauty of

his works but their appeal is more than just a static use of recycled african materials is an exploration of global consumerism and draws attention to the way that people in some parts of the world have to reuse materials out of necessity. eleanor siri has developed new works on address the museum's controversial past the house the concert was built in the nazi era in a monumental neoclassical style. the exhibition continues until july twenty seventh and will move to much half of the arab museum of modern art in doha in the oed some. over to london now where on the eve of

a possible breck says an exhibition at the national portrait gallery takes a bittersweet look at the contentious issue of british identity martin parr's photographs are by turns with the surprising dark and even a genius and he captures the very essence of britishness with all its rites and rituals with a satirical eye and great affection. many realities under one flag the everyday lives of britons photos the chronicle the idiosyncrasies and quirks of british identity human is the title of the exhibition by british for the talk or feel legend march in pa past compared to what's have long been the main focus of his work and i guess i love and hate of really the same time and certain i call them certain things that don't change you know things like country or right they try not to change some things to train so i'm interested in things that change

a piece of those elements the trying to capture the essence of britishness and don't ask me what to do that's why i do the pictures that's how i tick like myself through photography not through words. it's that love hate relationship together with hard all right humor that reads oh well i think i learned irony is is a very big part of british identity and maybe a bit of the south. is going to get sense of humor week as people in amusing situations all classes of society i think is where. the exhibition includes works from the past twenty years as well as a chapter that explores britain in the age of brac set for it visited grex it's here hotspots capturing patriotism in all its forms one of powers talents is a knack for getting close to his subjects you have to just do a lot and then you have to have some empathy that you have to go in to get some

subjects and and keep shooting. with only human martin parker makes the ordinary look extraordinary. extraordinary indeed and i'm joined by my colleague melissa holroyd from the culture thanks for being. a lot of the love hate thing going on there has exacerbated that from one part theme of british identity has always been a part of parts photographic work but the brakes it gives it a whole new context a few years ago some of the images he would have made would have been much more innocent if we can maybe have a look at a couple of them but with the braves that looming all maybe not you know. given a whole new meaning a big mystery possibly because also a very very playful and many brits as you can probably imagine are very wary at the moment we're at the moment extending his playfulness and his ability to make

viewers think make only human a very timely exhibition that he's done a couple of unusual things for him in this in this exhibition is thrown in a couple of celebrities for instance yes so he's famous for taking photos of ordinary people doing ordinary seeing you things usually recreational things bought at only human we have some celebrities in the celebrity room he is one of vivienne westwood and he is one of the john kerry family to be undone in the toilet and he is one of the perry family this is something we often see in pa's work his use of strong colors against a neutral backdrop or vice versa. and a bit too much there yeah but you know it's very interesting because one of the striking things about his work is this use of color he has a long history working with it tell us a bit about you know he was one of the first photos first noncommercial

photographers to work in color for a long time to see you as only works in black and white and also the level to which pod documents the ordinary and the monday seems to have no limits i mean he takes photos of the backs of people's necks he takes photo. of teacups he expects there are thousands of photos that he's taken of people on the telephone nothing is too small too small to and i've actually also heard that he's a he's an almost obsessive collector of a lot of crazy things he collects a lot of stuff he's not only interested in his own photos but is also interested in the role that photography has in the wider society. in the exhibition only human he also celebrates the kitsch world of self portraits and here he's the star of each and every single picture very stupid or has and it's very very funny he looks he

looks propped up in a lot of the pitches it's not anything you know there is so much humor in his work but there's always this easy balance between comedy and tragedy and it's it's almost infectious this keen observance of his yeah it's very infectious once you start looking at his pitches you start seeing this human and the world around you yet you start seeing the world as in the same way that mom does ok melissa holroyd thanks for bringing us that story that's martin parr at the national portrait gallery with only human thanks very much for bringing us that and lots of fun stuff . well there was a time when certain british politicians tried to sell the idea of brecht's it to their voters with what they called a brussels ban on bended bananas one of the most persistent myths of new regulation pretty soon they won't need to worry much about that but rather might worry there were missing out on the easy trade of sustainable banana fabric which is a new idea from switzerland that's already bearing fruit. bags made from bananas.

they're actually made from banana tanks fabric produced using fibers of the back of banana plant the fibers aren't derived from the fruit itself but from the stocks banana text was developed by the question. brand they've already received a design prize for their work from a swiss magazine. question is based here in zurich switzerland in recent years its founders who include k.d. and hunted show no doubt have experimented with a variety of sustainable materials. on phones for us. we started off with cotton and spent a couple of years developing an organic cotton fabric. at the same time we experimented with linen hemp and bamboo and in the process we stumbled upon banana

fiber so for me he right away we were impressed by its attention and this would. be a back up also known as manila hemp is native to the philippines and has been used to make items such as rope and fishing nets there since the nineteenth century. the plant grows wild in the jungle not on plantations it doesn't require any irrigation fertilizer or pesticides the fibers are dried nearby and are later turned into paper. when you twine a banana fibers right away and turn them into a yawn and then weave them it produces a really irregular crop but through this intermediary step this paper we can even it out. at a specialist leaving little in taiwan the paper is turned into fabric the paper is cut then strips that are processed into thread and then. the resulting fabric makes its way to neighboring china where the bags are manufactured in working conditions

that meet standards. the bags design also plays a decisive role the details are well thought out the style is casual and functional . the collection is being sold in some two hundred stores worldwide a bag. made from banana fiber costs around two hundred twenty euros the model range is limited at present but more designs are in the works. for us here. in the course of its developments we also discovered that lots of companies were interested in trying it out. dr we were a bit surprised by the demand and by the fact that need for sustainable materials is so great across many industries hard to store in so you're feeling the stream psychosis. this was labeled creates urban bags for environmentally conscious transponders and if their bags ever go out of style they can always just compost

them. easy peasy well that's all for this edition of arts and culture but don't forget that you can always find more culture on our website just go to d w dot com slash culture or find us on twitter and for now from myself and the team here in berlin all the best and.

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