How Related Cultural Artifacts evolve and affected by their Context or Location

How Related Cultural Artifacts evolve and affected by their Context or Location

The evolution of performing arts and fashion cultures is significantly affected by their context and location. Culture is defined as beliefs behaviours, objectives, thoughts, and any other features shared by a group of people and which tend to influence their thinking and worldview. In the recent past, the popular cultures of fashion and performing artists have taken the world by a storm. The emergence of new trends in fashion and performing artists have transformed the worldviews about the long-held traditional culture across distinct geographical settings. The media, networks, and institutions have played a significant role in shaping fashion and performing artists’ identities across cultures (Lewens, 2015). This paper discusses the evolution of performing artists and fashion cultures, how they are affected by context and location, and the impact of the media in shaping the cultures.

Music and fashion are closely related to fashions revealed through performance. The evolution of fashion has gained popularity through performing artists. The Hip-hop fashion emerged in the ’70s started a series of distinct looks in the mode of dressing. The evolution of the Hip-hop culture was observed through Hip-hop music from the early B-Boys to the nearly half-naked rappers of the current generation (Kondo, 2014). The genre of music and its performing artists exhibited modes of dressing such as the baggy-pants of the Wu-Tang Clan and the ghetto-fabulous attires of the Notorious B.I.G. The performing artists in the genre wore the fashions while on stage to fit into the context of their artistry. While trying to fit into the context of their performance, the audience imitates their behaviour and outlook. This trend eventually spreads a culture of fashion and music (Kondo, 2014). In the respective location, people become associated with a similar mode of dressing, and it becomes the culture of the place.

Culture evolution in fashion and performing artists extends its wings to the hairstyle of popular artists to rhyme the genre of their music. When the hair fashion landed, it was worn by the right artist at the right time. The fashion became one of the most inspiring fashions for the designers. The hairstyles began featuring on the album covers with the purpose of inspiring the hairdressers around the world to imitate the same hairstyles. One of the most popular hairstyle fashions was the Afro-hair style that was evident in afro men and women keeping long hair with a flattened surface. The hairstyle was associated with the bellbottom culture of clothes in which trousers and dresses assumed a belled bottom shape (Lewens, 2015). African music was associated with this kind of fashion, and performing artists assume this appearance.

The media and institutions are great influencers in spreading the fashion culture. A distant society learns of an emergency of the popular culture of dressing and hairstyle through the media. Performing artists have often reached out to their audiences through the mainstream media and social media platforms. These channels act as vessels for spreading the popular culture of dressing and hairstyle, which become adopted and emulated by the music fans (Kondo, 2014). The media significantly influences the thought of the audience in regards to the emerging fashions and designs worn by the artists. Since the artists are often followed by many fans, the culture spreads very easily in large regions or in areas where the media covers. The association and attraction of the fans and the popular performing artists are driven by the fact that the artists appear successful in their careers and lives (Kondo, 2014). As such, the fans would want to do anything that associates themselves with popular artists.

Institutions also play a big role in shaping identity across cultures. Institutions such as universities comprised of people from various parts of the world. This implies that the places are conglomerated with diverse cultures. Due to the coming together of the cultures, adoption, and imitation of the behaviours and character become a trend in the places. The imitation of the dressing codes and hairstyles from the cultures across the world contribute to the spread of cultural artifacts evolving from different parts of the world. Furthermore, institutions also play a big role in generating new cultures (Lewens, 2015). Some cultures evolve from institutions because they emerge from the various cultures within the institution. This factor is driven by the behaviour of the students and the activities within the institutions. The institutions often have their cultures in which principles govern the interactions, behaviours, and activities within the institution. The role of institutions in shaping culture is believed to be a peer-driven action in which students copy the behaviours of fellow students.

Cultural awareness is important in shaping the behaviour of people in a society. The evolution of fashion and performing artists is an element of culture that is brought through social awareness of the events. Every society is always aware of the cultural norms that govern the behaviour of its members. The evolution of cultural artefacts in society is dependent on the existing cultures within society. The possibility of the society to shift from its natural norm to adopt the popular forms of cultures being spread by the media is dependent on the strength of the natural cultures of the community. The society that is aware of its social norms is likely to control the external influence of other cultures as opposed to a society that lacks a strong control of its basic cultural roots.