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A Flower Among Ashes
No full textWHY THIS SUBJECT? I chose this subject because I wanted to make a strong statement poster that contrasted the delicacy of a flower against the words STOP WAR to create and inspire feelings of hopefulness.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT THE WORK? That the ashes reference in the title is actually referring to the flattened city skyline in the background. This poster is supposed to be showing the flower (aka. hope) being the only thing that can survive the devastation of war sometimes.
WHAT WAS YOUR PROCESS? My technique was drawing digitally and pulling in many different reference points to create the final product, including tracing the outline of the flower.
For this poster I wanted to choose a topic that was current, so at the beginning of this class and more specifically this project, the war in Ukraine was top of mind. The posters and media coming out of Ukraine have been heavy and the loss of innocent lives has been high. So, for my poster, I wanted to make a strong and clear statement, but also have a feeling of hope to it. Initially, I was thinking of ways to create this feeling of hope, and one of the first thoughts that came to me was a flower. There was something I really liked about the delicacy of a flower in contrast to the words “STOP WAR” plastered behind it, it is very powerful. Another thing that was very important for me with the flower was its coloring. An inspiration I felt a connection to in this was the AfriCOBRA movement. I loved the art style and colorful imagery that they utilized, and I wanted to incorporate that concept somehow on the poster. With that said, I knew right away that I was going to have the colors of the Ukrainian flag in the poster. So, my final choice being the alternating Ukrainian flag colors in the flower petals was to let the viewers have a subtle nod towards Ukraine, maybe even enough to feel some sort of hope. Moving on though, one interpretation I have of the background is that it is supposed to look like a bare bones version of a city skyline that has been obliterated in the war. So, the unsaturated earth tones are to play as the “ash” that has settled everywhere, with the one flower that survived being the hope of the Ukrainian people. But, a second interpretation can be found when you look at them simply as the colors they are. I knew I wanted to have earth tones in the background because it reminded me of a lot of the earth tone greens and browns that are often in military wear, which was to be a small detail that makes the poster hopefully have a greater impact on the viewer. Another inspiration, which was more so for the lettering of this poster, was the look of “old-timey” posters and advertisements from the 1900’s. I wanted it to look clean and concise, but also have that tinge of artistic merit (coming from the flower drawing) but not so much that it takes away from the message.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/capturingprotest/1087/thumbnail.jp
What About the Rest of Us?
No full textWHY THIS SUBJECT? The destruction of our planet by the hands of capitalistic billionaires is something that I feel should unify the majority of our world\u27s people in a fight against such systems. Capitalism breeds unethical behavior in the economy: exploitation, slavery, globalization, and crime. Additionally, it and its corporations are the largest source of land, air, and water pollution. The lazily stupid idea to leave Earth behind is something I wanted to over-inflate to vilify billionaires like Elon Musk, who would rather invest in space travel and other useless endeavors than actually use his wealth for world crises.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT THE WORK? It\u27s a minor thing, but the rocket in the poster is based off of a SpaceX rocket. Also, I wanted to take the triumphant visuals of space travel (a rocket flying upwards into the great unknown) but twist it in a cruel and unfair way (by making the Earth a boiling sphere of lava with skeletal hands clawing for help).
WHAT WAS YOUR PROCESS? I first hand-drew a sketch on Clip Studio Paint, then I used various polygon tools to draw in the clean and sharp shapes shown without line art.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/capturingprotest/1092/thumbnail.jp
Pipeline
No full textWHY THIS SUBJECT? To spread awareness on how ocean pollution is still a thing going on during these times and how it affects some of our biggest rivers and lakes and marine life.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT THE WORK? A lot of visual work and includes a chart with statistics showing the countries with the biggest waste contribution to our bodies of water.
WHAT WAS YOUR PROCESS? Photoshop and text along with editing the color scheme and merging of different images.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/capturingprotest/1085/thumbnail.jp
Thinking Outside The Box
No full textWHY THIS SUBJECT? Shares similarities between groups of people that feel marginalized in our society.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT THE WORK? It\u27s meant as a piece to inspire solutions.
WHAT WAS YOUR PROCESS? Paint.nethttps://digitalcommons.colum.edu/capturingprotest/1093/thumbnail.jp
Interview with Duncan MacKenzie
Get PDFDuncan MacKenzie (he/him) was raised in Calgary, a city in Alberta, Canada. He is currently Interim Chair of Design and the Chair & Associate Professor of Art and Art History. Before becoming a teacher, he created items for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, making materials for the manufacturing exhibit, including a model train. He continues this creative practice at his career at Columbia, teaching drawing, printmaking, and silk-screening classes. MacKenzie has a BFA in art from the Art University of Calgary and an MFA from The Art Institute. Through collaboration with Christian Kuras, he has created a collection of artwork, shown internationally, and at art fairs such as EXPO Chicago and PULSE Miami. He also is a founder of the podcast Bad at Sports, where he discusses contemporary art and interviews the creative minds of the Midwest, producing more than 550 interviews. Length: 52:09 minutes. Transcript: 19 pages.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/ohx2022/1004/thumbnail.jp
What We Owe Podcast Part 1
No full textAdiam Woldu and Bri Ramirez drew material from the oral history interviews in the Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement collection for this first podcast. Narrators include Cheryl Johnson-Odim, William Williamson, Funeka Sihlali, Prexy Nesbitt, and Carol Thompson, Chicago activists involved in the global protest of the apartheid government in South and Southern Africa. The students introduce apartheid and highlight five of the activists oral histories. Length: 16:17 minutes.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/wwo/1001/thumbnail.jp
Richard \u27Dick\u27 Wang Collection
Get PDFRichard Wang was a musician, historian, and educator specializing in jazz. The collection consists of a series of arrangements by Mary Lou Williams, a jazz pianist, arranger, and composer, and an interview he conducted with Charles Suber, a jazz critic, educator, journalist, and Down Beat columnist.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cmbr_guides/1047/thumbnail.jp
Defend Shirley Wheeler
No full textWHY THIS SUBJECT? Shirley Wheeler was the first American woman to ever be held criminally responsible for having an abortion. I wanted to highlight the regression of our society by harkening back to a case from the past that I can see being reflected in what could be our future.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT THE WORK? Every design choice calls back to the 1970s when Roe v. Wade was passed and when Wheeler was deemed a convicted felon after having an abortion. The color palette is reminiscent of popular \u2770s color choice, and the font was also created by a present day activist, Bonnie Siegler, who heavily focuses on the power behind one\u27s message. Throughout the posters we examined in class, and element that I loved was how universal a message could be by putting it in many different languages, so I chose to do a similar thing in the background of my piece.
WHAT WAS YOUR PROCESS? I used Adobe Illustrator to create this poster and drew inspiration from the 1970s. I wanted it to be bright and in your face, causing people to take a second look and have to research the meaning of the message on display.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/capturingprotest/1088/thumbnail.jp
Columbia Chronicle (09/26/2022)
Get PDFStudent newspaper from September 26, 2022 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 20 pages. Cover story: The Creatives . Editors-in-Chief: Anna Busalacchi & Noah Jennings.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cadc_chronicle/2104/thumbnail.jp
The Columbia College Chicago Oral History Model in Action: A Case Study
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