Project 3 – Zine | WIP

Hi, this post will be covering on the walk-through of my process for Zine.  ?

During the first consultation on week #11, I wasn’t exactly sure what I would like to have in my zine as content. Was telling professor Joy that perhaps it will be a mix on my project 1 – Workkery and project 2 – Long neck series (LNS) which is both having to do with social related issues however, professor Joy pointed out that they are each very different actually (which I didn’t thought of initially). – Workkery is about the play of chance whereas LNS on the other hand, is more whimsical. That night, I came across this comic by Toby Morris (The pencilsword series).

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Which set me thinking of what exactly is my point for this project?

(1) What message am I trying to relay here?
(2) How can I better convey these thoughts and ideas in my head? 


I drew up a mind map (in my journal) to sort out my thoughts. Eventually I come to a conclusion to work on something along the line of my first project. I started researching on some blue collar jobs issues which eventually leads me to my final subject, the migrant workers. I came across many interesting articles and stories which I would encourage one to spend some time to look through. 

Here’s some interesting ones that I have looked at: 

Some read-ups:

http://ifonlysingaporeans.blogspot.sg/2012/06/singaporean-foreigner-divide.html?m=1

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120826-367701.html

https://storify.com/Eunaizeee/discrimination-against-foreign-workers

Some video documentaries/reports:

(For this 2 URL links below, you have to click on it to be directed to it.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIMGSrJVNmo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAHoBsbJkik


 

Personally, I love to work on social/lifestyle related issues. I always enjoy designing lifestyle related products as it’s always satisfying/happy to witness your target users using/testing your products (moreover, it isn’t just any product but one that improves on their needs). Through those test-outs, you can better improve your designs to cater to their needs. Perhaps, this is why I always enjoy designing things in relation to social related issues in hoping to make improvements (if possible).

After reading up on articles and browsing through video documentaries, I’ve decided to work on a social commentary, however this time round, I won’t be dealing with jobs but some common typical stereotypes that was created for the migrant workers who came over Singapore to work. (was also inspired by Bernice Wong’s work , she usually deals with social issues by interviewing and understanding her subjects before she capture their daily lives. One of my favorite work of hers would be, in Limbo. It highlighted issues that was usually not seen behind the life of these workers, which leaves one with lots of thoughts (感触) after browsing through the collection. ) –  However, to do something like this will required a longer time to get to know these migrant workers before documenting their life journey etc. Thus, I decided to work on something manageable within the time frame given.


Common typical stereotypes that I’ve identified during my research :

(1) Smelly
(2) Dirty
(3) Job Snatcher
(4) Cause of congestion
(In public spaces/transport)
(5) Cause of more crimes
(6) Dangerous
(up to no good)
(7) Foreign
(does not belong here)
(8) Inflation
(9) The PDA 
(Public Display of Affection)
(10) Noisy 

Decided to group some of the stereotypes as one since they’re quite similar. In the meantime, I scraped off some too as I will only be illustrating 6 points with a contrast each (making it 12 to suit the format of a calendar which usually consists of 12-months).

(1) Smelly
(2) Dirty
(3) Job Snatcher
(4) Cause of congestion
(In public spaces/transport)
(5) Cause of more crimes | (6) Dangerous
 | (7) Foreign
(8) Inflation
(9) The PDA 

(10) Noisy


(I have also identified some possible contrast that could be highlighted to counter in response to the common typical stereotypes given to these migrant workers. They are all listed below.) I am doing this to highlight on things and issues that we often missed out when we focus too much on the small details/perception that was being instill in our mind. In this case, generally too much on the negatives hence, why not take a look at the positive instead? (The FD professor always told us to look at the bigger picture to have a clearer image/view. Which does makes a lot of sense.)

(1) Smelly

Regarding this common typical stereotype, I’ve witnessed this many times on the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit). Scene (1) – where a commuter changed her seat to a seat away from the migrant worker as the migrant worker sat down beside her. Scene (2) – where a commuter actually pinched her nose and glared at the migrant worker when he moved beside her. 

Contrast: Everyone smells after a strenuous day at work/school so before making any negative remarks, ask yourself, is there a day whereby you felt that you smell really bad yet you wasn’t being discriminated? – So how would you feel if it happens to you?

(2) Dirty

Scene (1) – There was this one time when I was at a hawker and I overheard a conversation between a mother and a child. 

The conversation goes like this:

Girl: I think I will eat ‘u-mian’ (A kind of noodle).

Mother: Don’t want la, the store looks unhygienic! You see the tender is PRC (People’s Republic of China). Eat other things la.

It’s not very nice to discriminate one based on their nationality. At times, people would instill a certain perception they have seen in part of that particular country and assume everything that belongs there is similar as well. I realized that it doesn’t necessary apply to all areas of that country even though they may be living at the same country, it’s not necessary that the culture within that segment is the same as the others. (Learnt about the some of the differences from my friend who isn’t local, and it really just isn’t what it seemed to be at times.)

According to my research, I have come by videos whereby some locals make a commentary that these migrant workers actually dirty the place and leaves litter behind from places to places as well.

Contrast: Who’s the one who cleared your trash from your HDB (Housing and Development Board) ‘s rubbish chute? The one who sweep the corridors of your HDB flats?

(3) Job snatcher

Migrant workers are often being identified as job snatchers (not by all locals only some of them) and the culprits that leave a number of locals jobless.

Contrast: Before labeling the migrant workers as job snatcher, consider the jobs this migrant workers work as and ask yourself if you would take up this job at the first place? If no, how does it make sense if one were to identified them as job snatcher?

(4) The cause of congestion

The cause of congestion in public transportation was also placed onto migrant workers.

Contrast: There’s this sayings that says : it takes two hands to clap. – have one ever consider that congestion only happens when commuters don’t cooperate? So if the blame was placed onto the migrant workers, this makes all of us at fault as well.

(5) Dangerous

Some locals identified them as being dangerous. – often see some local parents telling their child not to go near to the migrant workers as the parents associate the migrant workers as being foreign thus, dangerous due to the fear of unknown.

Contrast: If migrant workers are considered as dangerous as they are foreigners (which some claimed that they don’t belong to our city), have one ever consider – What about your forefathers who actually came from other parts of Asia?

(6) The PDA

Migrant workers are sometimes seen holding their hands. When this happens, they often either get glared/judged by people and some even judged and questioned about their sexuality. (In fact, there’s a culture of holding hands back in their hometown which wasn’t known as many locals in Singapore. It is known to be a way of showing affection, bonding, and camaraderie that all men, women and children do in other parts of Asia where some of the migrant workers come from. Thus, it’s nothing to do with one sexuality!) 

Contrast: If this is wrong, what about girls holding hands? – Why isn’t it wrong?


Of Concept of  ‘走一步,看一步’ :

I remember something one of my lecturer once told me about. This lecturer of mine is here at Singapore to make a living to support his family while they are living overseas at UK for his daughter’s education. He was telling me how everyday (Weekends are usually being cater for your family yet to him every Saturdays and Sundays feels like any weekdays since they aren’t here.) to him makes no difference at all, it’s just the same everyday. Which I find it very relevant to the migrant workers’ life over at Singapore as well. (This reminds me of a Chinese saying –  ‘走一步,看一步’ – This saying basically means to lived as it goes.)

Why a calendar? :

With this, the idea of doing a calendar strikes me as it reminds me of the above concept through counting days as it goes. It also sparked off our ideas such as every last day of the month is the welcome of a new month, on the other hand, it could also means pay-day! I was wondering perhaps, this would be the day one will be looking forward to every month, which makes me derived to..

3 initial ideas (Didn’t managed to snap a photo, all of them are in my journal). For this initial try-outs for these 3 ideas, I tested it out on soap paper, newsprint paper and tracing paper. (Also noticed that they actually have a very different surface on each side of the paper, one side appeared to be rougher than the other.)

(1) Scratch off calendar

Scratching off the dates as the day goes by and slowly as it reaches the last day of the month, you will uncover the whole bigger graphic illustration at the background for that particular month. This was designed in hoping people would better managed keep track of their schedules and dates (by using the nature of one’s curiosity).

However, there’s many things to consider for this (If the dates were placed on the graphic illustration itself with a layer coated for scratching). Some points highlighted during consultation would be the possibility of inconsistency of the placements of the dates for each month because of the differences of  each graphic illustrations.

(2) Side-by-side contrast 

Showcasing the contrasting images side by side.

(3) Flipping contrast calendar

Using tracing paper to create the play with the ‘disappearance and appearance of objects to showcase the effects of the contrast.

Some suggestion from the group consultation:

(1) Maybe you can do it in the form of peeling off such as perforated tabs instead?

(2) Stick the second first and second last page to your cover page for best support when it’s being switched to standing mode. (tried out but it doesn’t work.)


Of creating the general identity,1-01

I designed the migrant workers based on how they generally look, usually in plaid collar top and moustache (Having a moustache was part of their culture back at their hometown, as it is believed that it symbolizes masculinity etc.) I seek a more subtle approach (in case, it might be sensitive) for the skin tone by using a color set for the theme of my work, for the identity of the locals, I reversed the colors so that the illustrations will look consistent as a whole. Facial features weren’t added to highlight the fact of how these migrant workers are often disregarded by some (anonymous and invisible at times).

Initially wanted to design them with a mask on to convey the message of not being recognized but I realized that it could be interpreted wrongly as technically, masks are usually used to convey the message of ‘disguise’ etc. which wasn’t what I’m going for. I thought the third design was quite interesting however it can also be interpreted as being blended in.

Of illustrations,

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PS: Forget to save some of the study figurative parts photos, only kept 2 of them 🙁

I studied human postures/figurative images (through photos that contained the particular posture I’m looking for) to better illustrate a convincing and more accurate posture. (As the illustration composition was composed by me, I have to slowly seek references parts by parts in each composition (mostly on the posture). Lines and details (such as folds on clothing and vein lines on hands) was later added in when I am done with the bigger image, this is done to ensure that the illustrations appears more convincing and dynamic. 

Of style,

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Mood Board referencing. – Some of the inspired style!

Wanted to create a calendar infused with local elements as well as a small mix of some foreign elements to highlight my concept also known as counting migrant workers into part of our culture. Which explains why reddish orange was used as the theme color. To add on this, I incorporated symbols from foreign countries into my design as well (In this case, I picked Bengali’s symbol as a general representation).

Of initial plans,

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Click to look at the textures of the cloth. Rough textures and faded colors to symbolize home, warmth and the down to earth nature of the jobs of the migrant workers.

Initially, I wanted to have a fabric hard cover for my calendar. However I met several issues to get it printed. I carefully cut out this piece of fabric from an unwanted plain tote bag of mine and stick it onto an A4 sheet of paper. I tested it out by printing using my house (inkjet) printer which didn’t turn out well as traces/marks/stains was printed onto my fabric during this process. Thinking that it might be the ink leftover from the previous print, I decided to attempt on this again the next day, but it turned out the same (In fact, this time round, it’s even more messed up). Still wanting to go with this idea, I bring my material over to sunshine plaza in hoping to get it printed however I was turned down due to the fear of damaging the shop’s printers and hence, I scraped off this plan which I thought would best brings out the ‘warmth/homely’ (in relation to my topic) feel to my piece.  

Tried out Japanese binding (It was really fun, hahaha I mean it!! ? ) It looks difficult initially but once you get the sequence, it actually quite enjoyable in terms of executing it. The only issue is that this bind does not allow one to open the book fully, which is why I decided to go with a saddle stitch eventually.

Of printing,

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Photos of the prints on different papers.

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As mentioned in my final post, getting it printed in the right orientation was an issue for me which involves many try-outs. Getting it printed double sided on tracing papers was another issue as well (Mentioned in my final post). Additionally, I also tried printing on different gsm of tracing paper as well as some other papers (Such as Elefantahaut 110gsm, Muse Kaiser 105gsm and Cartacrea 220gsm), I feel that gsm between 105 – 150 would be best suited for my concept of a old school inspired calendar. The different gsm of the tracing paper actually produced a slightly different results, whereby the opacity is slightly lower for the lower gsm which makes overlaying the pieces more visible. Moreover, these tracing papers actually comes in different types as well (such as diamond, off white etc.), diamond has a higher opacity as compared to the usual. Thus, I decided to work with the usual!

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Piercing holes and aligned them a cm between one another before stitching.

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Of binding,

Stitch binding was adopted as I wanted my calendar to be opened fully in order for it to work in standing mode (style 1). I did a double stitch binding, one for the pages itself and the other to stitch the covers together with the pages. This was adopted to better secure the pages. (To accomplish a more complete look of the calendar, I took off the metal hook support from my dad’s calendar to fit it on my work. hehehehe, no worries I replaced a rubber band on my dad’s calendar to fit it in place. >:D)

For the strings, I used fishing strings as they are generally stronger and more capable of withstanding wear and tear but more importantly, it matches with my concept and overall aesthetics of the old-school inspired calendar. As for functionality wise, it serves as a good support to hold the pages together. It also makes the tearing off the pages easier & clearer.


Lastly, do check out the final work over here! ?

Project 2 – Point of view | RII

Hi, here are some quick updates after Monday’s sharing session! 🙂

Came across this “short film following behind the back of a paranoid, neurotic man named Terry as he wanders through the streets of Manhattan. Past memories and his irrational inner thoughts soon plague his every move. By channeling a form of mental time travel, he attempts to overcome these past anxieties.” It’s interesting how this was filmed from a third person perspective, which really does incite a feeling of paranoia. The inner thoughts of this individual was also well executed as it makes me feels like I’m a part of his inner world. 


Lastly, here are suggestions suggested during class on Monday’s sharing discussion,

(1) Consider what kind of fear you would like to convey, irrational fears or rational fears?

(2) The choice of medium used as it plays an important role to instill fear. For instance, color pencil might not convey this feelings of fear as effectively as water color etc.

(3) Consider playing with perspective? For instance, frying an egg, you might like to include the audience into the scenario by doing it in a first person point of view. This might actually instill some fear in the audience as they might think that they are actually in that scene!

(4) Consider the choice of paper and its gsm. A lower gsm paper might instill a different kind of fear,maybe? – Painting on toilet paper and making sure it doesn’t tear might portray a certain fear?

(5) Consider using photos to convey fear? or through exaggeration?


In the meantime, I’ve decided to look into irrational fear which is also known as phobia, which encompasses social phobias and other specific phobias of specific objects/environment. Now, back to sorting out some thoughts and thinking what I can proceed on from here.  🙂

Project 2 – Point of view | R

Hi, here’s some research done for project 2. Was inspired by this particular author (Fran Krause) who makes comics about irrational fears (Known as Deep dark fears), whereby people would submit an entry of their fear while he make a comic about it. I thought it was something reallyrealllly interesting (really like his work as his work conveys different irrational fears in a less intimidating but fun/engaging manner. Sometimes, while reading them, I find that most of these irrational fears tend to relate to me as an individual as well and I can’t help but to nod in agreement to most of them even though it’s irrational. Hahahaha! It’s definitely enjoyable to read them >:D ) .

Here are some of his works,

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Here’s a few point of views that I thought of so far,

Fear from the point of view of the dead is cremation.
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from the point of view of a performer is audience.
Fear
from the point of view of Courage is an enemy.
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from the point of view of me is a prison.
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from the point of view of a toilet paper is being stained.
Fear
from the point of view of an eye is contact lens/sunlight.
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from the point of view of face is failed plastic surgery/distortion.
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from the point of view of an egg is frying pan.
Fear
from the point of view of a child is shadows/mirrors/dentist.
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from the point of view of heart is death.
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from the point of view of skin is injection.
Fear
from the point of view of darkness is light.
Fear
from the point of view of an abused victim is a haunting ghost.
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from the point of view of fear is surgery.

Meanwhile will brainstorm for more POVs!


Below are some inspirations that is interesting in terms of execution, other than these examples, we can also play with negative spaces and apply gestalt principles into our work.

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Thought this was an interesting use of representation by connecting the monkey with the roots of the tree to convey the idea that the lives of this wildlife animals is entwined with the trees.
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Clever use of graphics to convey the message I thought. Explaining the main hidden heavy consequences behind all inconsiderate disposal of plastic and the reason why one should always consider before disposing any plastic.
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Thought provoking advertisement!
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Thought provoking advertisement!

 

To more updates! 🙂

Project 1 – Typographic Portraits (RIII).

Hi, first of all, thanks Professor Joy for the refreshments provided for the class during each lessons, much appreciated! 🙂 Now, back to update on RIII Second consultation!


After reading up on Henry Hargreaves’s inspiring projects, new ideas crossed my mind that night after asking myself several questions such as (1) What choice of medium can I use in better representation of my overall concept? (2) How can it tell a story? (3) Why?

Here’s a basic walk through of my ideas for my concept,

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Round up ideas.

IDEA (1) & (2) – Playing with the idea of ‘Skin’

Why skin? Reason being, sometimes we tend to examine things/situations around us just through examining the surface. For instance, when buying fruits, we tend to avoid fruits with scratches/bruises and go for those that looks almost flawless. However, is it really the best? Maybe visually it is, but taste wise, it is definitely uncertain. Similarity, we tend to categorize professions subconsciously based on things we perceive it to be.

For idealization (1), I will be playing with the idea of ‘skin’, in this case – scratch cards/ instant lottery scratchcards. (Details will be further explain.)

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Some experimental work for (1). – Look at the image on the left, can you tell what is it? (PS: the image on the right is only a guide if you really still can’t figure out.)

For this test out composition, can you roughly guess what profession I am trying to show? – I used complex lines as the composition background in representation of scaffolding which is often found at construction sites. Playing with alphabets from my name, I ‘constructed’ a ‘house’ with a ‘tree’ at the side. I believe you know what it is now!


For idealization (2), similarity, playing with the idea of ‘skin’, however, this time I will be playing be with ‘peel’ of a fruit/vegetable. Why fruit peel? I chose fruit peel as I find that they are often being neglected in a way, such as sometimes we tend to peel them off whenever we consume a fruit. In fact, this peels contains a lot of vitamins and health benefits or even other useful purposes that we didn’t know about. Hence I thought it will be good by trying to create something meaningful with these peels.

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Some experimental work for (2).

In this case, this piece above showcases the temporal aesthetics of ‘skin’. The condition of the banana skin oxides over a period of time, when being exposed to the air. Thus, showing that aesthetics is never forever, it shifts/changes over time.


IDEA (3) & (4) – Playing with the idea of ‘Contrast’

Why contrast? Depicting how often the ‘blue collar’ workers felt. – outcast and out of place at times.  

For idealization (3), playing with the idea of ‘Contrast’, I experimented some compositions and photographed them.

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Some experimental work for (3).

For this experimental work, can you roughly guess what profession I am trying to show? – I start by jotting down a few obvious keywords that is associated with this particular profession. (Keywords like: darkness, limited, trapped, dangerous.) before laying out the compositions and photographing them. On the left, is what it seems like a microscopic view. Whereas, the photo on the right is what it seems like a narrow long pathway inside a tunnel with words scattered all over the tunnel.


For idealization (4), similarity, playing with the idea of ‘Contrast’, I experimented some compositions using materials that is often found associated with the chosen profession and compose them so that it roughly describes their profession. Then, I carefully documented it by photographing the composition test-outs!

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Moving Composition for (4).
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Some experimental work for (4).
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Close-up details of experimental work.
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Some experimental work for (4).

For the above composition test-outs, can you roughly guess what profession I am trying to show? – I start by jotting down a few obvious keywords that is associated with this particular profession. (Keywords like: mending wires, complexity and dangerous.) before laying out the compositions (Thought that the complexity can be further exaggerated). I tried playing with the orientation of the PVC pipes as well. In conclusion, the orientation of the pipes does change the mood of the composition and the message being portrayed.


Lastly, here are suggestions professor Joy suggested that I could also look at,

(1) Look at what lottery scratchcards means in different countries (For instance, in Taiwan, it serves as a kind of entertainment/chance).

(2) Look into the action ‘Scratch’, the objects that were used to scratch and the marks being left behind after scratching (can try with different types of papers).

(3) Behind content? – How do your audience know that it’s for scratching? Is there any form of instruction? At the back maybe? (Like shopping vouchers, they usually comes with terms & conditions located at the bottom or at the back of the voucher). How you would like to present it?

(4) Look into the difference between ‘overlook’ and ‘not wanting to’. (For instance, you may want to consider peeling off the fruit skin as an act of not wanting to?)


Till next update, WIP! 🙂

Project 1 – Typographic Portraits (RII).

Hi, here’s a brief update on the first consultation with Professor on the given project. (Sorry for the late update on oss!)


Following up on the previous research, I have decided to focus on professions that lies under ‘blue collar jobs‘. These jobs often involves manual labor and after doing some research, I have found out that they are jobs that are often underestimated in terms of required skills/knowledge and they’re often known as ‘dead end jobs’. – Which has created a stigma in our society. Without diversification in this society, there would be plenty of jobs that people won’t do. Thus, I would like to work on this subject matter, to remind each of us to think again, as sometimes what we’ve perceive might not actually be true, isn’t it?

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Idealization process. – Mind mapping etc.
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Idealization process part II. – Some rough sketches.

After consulting Professor, below are some possible suggestions to work on..

(1) Cut down on using 3d elements. 3D elements however,can be used later on to enhance your work. (To imagine yourself being an editor for  magazine where your work will be placed in a magazine and how would it be wise.)

(2) Look into different scales, perspective and content as it tells a different story.

(3) Consider looking into what each professions usually wears as well as some of the material/things that are usually overlooked (Plastic bags etc.)

(4) Think of how I would like to convey my message.


02 | RESEARCH

Thus, I continued with my research to rethink of how I would like to convey my message/idea which leads me to..

Henry Hargreaves’s work which reallyrealllly inspires me! It forces me to think deeper, for instance, the way I would like to convey my message? The reason behind every action taken in my work. Any other way of representing them? (Which leads me to RIII of Typographic Portraits!)

Below are my favorite three projects by him/in collaboration with others,

(1) Deep Fried Gadgets

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“This is a commentary about the similarities between tech culture and fast food. Quickly devoured and then discarded because of our appetite for the newest product.”

“Electronics have become almost a holy device, the way a new apple device sends people out of their minds. But as soon as the next model comes out the last is immediately forgotten.” 

My thoughts: Love the usage of using food to relate to social technology. – Like fast food, gadgets are nice to look at yet long term usage/intake can cause negative effects on us. Similarity, it’s all about your discipline and resistance towards temptations, isn’t it? – If not, be prepared to get DEEP FRIED!  


(2) The Curious Consumer

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“This series follows my look at food products and how they are presented to us. Too often we don’t ask why something is the way it is.”

“After recently hearing a health professional refer to soda as “the cigarettes of our generation,” I decided to do an experiment to show what’s in soft drinks after the water is boiled away — in other words, dehydrating the hydrator. Once boiled, I took each remaining substance and poured it into a lollipop mold. After all, I figure that’s what you’re essentially getting: candy in costume as a soft drink.”

(-Behind the scenes for The Curious Consumer.)


(3) Pinata

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“We disguised pork products to look like yummy candies instead. The initial result was colorful and almost happy, but after destruction became a dark, gory mess.”

“Most of Americans have a sugar coated sense of where their meat comes from and under what conditions it is raised and slaughtered. And Congress recently passed legislation to keep us even more in the dark—no longer do suppliers have to label where the meat comes from at all. We are blindly content, like a party-goer swinging at a piñata which, in and of itself, is a strange game. We blindly beat a papier-mache animal until it explodes in… candy…”

My thoughts: I just love how he disguised those pork products in candy form! -Thought that this is really a cool and smart idea to portray the idea of being sugar-coated.

(-Behind the scenes for Pinata.)


Lastly, will be back to update on my next post, Project 1 – Typographic Portraits (RIII) after reunion dinner! In the meantime, happy cny! :B


 

Project 1 – Typographic Portraits (R).

Through class presentations and lessons, I realized that typography is often used as an expression/tool to communicate messages across more efficiently, as one could save up a lot of shots/costs through using creative typography than communicating the whole idea by itself. Moreover, it’s ‘attractive’ & catchy which can easily catch your audiences’ attention more efficiently! There’s certainly more to typography than just being words.


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Rhythm on wires – is basically using metal wires to construct letters which was later connected to digital sources to make rhythms. The tone/sound of the rhythms is fully dependent on how the letters are constructed.
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Rizon Parein’s advertisement designed in three dimensional form specially for Nike footwear series. (It lights up. However, he decided to keep the lights off as it is better presented like this.)
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Portraits of famous football celebrities constructed using wires and tubes.

I find wires expressive in general as they allows you to create your own forms/shapes just like how pencil and paper works. Moreover, the beauty of wire is often neglected, just like how wrappers/straws etc are hence this is definitely good as it showcases the ability of creating art through wires and at the same time, add flavors to them which shines them under a different light. In the meantime, will look up on jobs that are often neglected and try to further explore and inject different kind mediums during this idealization work.

Additional notes  – ( Note (1) – electric wires are often coated with a colored tubing for different functionalities and used in different jobs and environments.)


Other possibilities,
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Beauty in simple forms. – really amazing shadow arts which depends heavily not just on the wires but the angle/direction where the light is being cast.

Expectations ≠ Reality

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Happened to come across this work online, an interesting piece by Anon Pairot for this year’s Art Stage. Though, I’m scared of cockroaches but this piece of work evokes a different emotion when I first come across it, I won’t have believed my eyes that it’s cockroaches till I zoomed into the image!  Hahahaha, thought that it would be nice to share this!

 

In summary, I also looked up on Red hongyi’s work (reallyrealllly amazing work!) as recommended by Professor to look at. She experiments on all sorts of medium -ranges from cosmetics, food, chopsticks etc. Was really amazed by her shadow art and food art particularly where she deconstruct the fruits/veggies and laid them out in a way that they form an animal in an abstract manner..really gooooooood. Now, back to work and sorting out thoughts, hmmmm.