Crit Feedback:
- Palimpsest, relates to the layering and showing mistakes/changes.- Has broader connotations, I should look more into this.
- Test print the books to see if opacity is an issue.- Could change to make lighter shade of grey so the overlap isn't as dark.
- Liking the layouts, would like to see more imagery involved.
- Chaotic and busy but structured.
- Throw research and developments together see what happens because of it.- Play with materials at the moment and see what happens.- No need for content.
- Think about different ways to track movements.
- Overlap books are still very considered.- Try cut and paste on 3x3 grid.- Try with physical techniques.
- Try playing around with the imagery we have at the moment, hands tracking, sudokus, agriculture.- Focus on the materials I have at the moment.- When searching for an aesthetic with struggle to find one.- One will appear when the work gets made, try less to think about one and more about letting one naturally develop.
- Think about the vernacular of sudoku and take that forward in the progression.
- Apply rules to the image making so the aesthetic is what it is.
- When would you do a sudoku?- Context- Could be content?- Make imagery from this- Ask others when they do sudokus.
Final Comments from Nick:
- Don't be so concerned with searching for an 'ideal' aesthetic, or at least question what that is... you're looking for...
- Possibly let some rules generate images / a series of patterns, like you'd started to do with the video of your hand etc
- This means you don't have to 'decide' on the outcomes (aesthetic), the rules or formula do that.
- Idea of the palimpsest is interesting, layers of activity
- The city as palimpsest, mark-making, people trying to make sense of things.
- Possibly bring into focus the activity around the sudoku rather than just the sudoku itself.
Post Crit Developments:
Palimpsest
'a manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing.'
'something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.'
Listening to Bethlehem - Hugh Frost and Cymru Roberts
Hugh Frost’s illustrations for Cymru Robert’s new novella Listening to Bethlehem are some of the most creative – and mind-boggling – we’ve seen for ages. Thick with symbols, ancient Egyptian sigils, architectural blueprints and ad signage, Hugh’s illustrations pull you into a cryptic puzzle where things are not as they seem.
The book has 3 protagonists, Bryan, CK and Travie.
With such a diverse and complex text, Hugh (who is both the publisher at Landfill Editions and an editor of the wonderful Mould Map) had a lot of different material to play with for the book’s illustrations.
- The use of imagery on the cover is chaotic but effective, the eye is drawn to the text first but then in able to investigate the wealth of visuals behind the type. The type and imagery aren't separate as the title looks overlaid on the cover, it prevents the cover from battling with the different elements and instead helps them feel like one.
- The inside pages are less chaotic, but the imagery has the same sense of amalgamation of content and variety of elements being brought together. The book is a good example of complex content being presented in a way that displays the complexity but in a way the audience can understand.
Asemic Palmipsest Poems
'The following poems were created using antique sheets from a book of poetry
which were cut and then reassembled into new compositional forms. The lettering
was then used as a guide for over writing the existing texts.'
- The cutting, and sticking with the poems are visual engaging, they make me wonder why this was done, and how the work might have looked before this.
- The notation marks display a personal side to the design, having the work hand drawn on makes it look as though it has been defaced but it is this that creates a connection to the work. When discussing Asemic poetry and writing an example was given of when we test a pen we write in asemic writing, these poems present this and therefore a sense of relatability to the work.
Biba Kosmerl
Tribuna, Posthuman
Tribuna was a longstanding newspaper focusing on critical theory and philosophy. For over 60 years its major part has been a progressive and experimental visual form which has become widely recognized and acknowledged by numerous design awards in the region.
- The layouts of this work are what's most exciting, the use of colour and grid create a dynamic composition that is still able to be followed by the reader but has a higher level of engagement.
- The minimal colour palette only helps push the designs forward and helps establish a hierarchy between the different elements. It adds more drama to the publication when the text is white on a black background, adding a sense of intensity, urgency but also intimacy.
Palimpsest, Hybrid
Palimpsest: Yale Graduate Literary and Arts Magazine is an annual print publication run by graduate and professional students at Yale. Each issue focuses on a central theme and comprises a collection of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and art.
- Displaying a collection of work, I find outcomes such as these that document work to be really exciting and inspiring to look at. Learning more about the concepts and reasons behind the work.
- I treads the line between fine art and graphic design, the outcome is considered and a well designed publication and the work that's inside is more expressive. It feels as though you're experiencing several sketchbooks at once, or are in an art gallery.
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