2021

Happy New Year!

Hope all the best and even more; I hope this year that we will be able to turn our anxiety into creativity and the restrictions into new ways of accessing information…

It has been radio silent with my placement for quite a while, something that is totally expected as it is a festival and many artists are involved (and Christmas was around the corner!). Kat, my placement provider, got me up to speed with what’s been going on in the managing aspect of the festival…A lot of communication with the artists, last minute changes with the program (which is always tricky and makes the process much more intense as you can imagine) but it’s still going well and strong. The deadlines are still there and they all trying to catch up with those. The festival is next month and the program is about to be launched!!

In the meantime, I have been thinking ways to put my creativity into work and we decided with Kat that writing a blog would be a lovely idea for the festival…(I’m practically killing two birds with one stone with this blog)

I have been also thinking about post-humanism and materiality in relation to graphic design and within the context of another module, I started developing my skills in Photoshop, which basically gives me the opportunity to create an image composition that feels real and human but it is entirely made via the software, via technology. I can see a connecting thread there, a relationship between graphic design and post-humanism and how each could elevate the other. I find it quite fascinating and I will definitely integrate it within my placement. Laura’s idea for a zine for the festival is actually a very good opportunity to explore that connection and moving forward is a nice suggestion to mention it to Kat.

Here is a meetup of post-humanism, liveness and graphic design:

One Reply to “2021”

  1. Thanks for posting Raf! It is good to hear how things are going and for how you are defining and finessing your role and interests within the placement. Is the image of your making? It is really interesting and I am intrigued by what you describe as the connecting thread between posthumansim and graphic design – more about these intersections/entanglements would be great to hear! I would love to hear if there are any particular sessions/artworks on the programme that are of interest to you? What is the digital festival able to offer that a live one would not? As this is the first digital version of Present Futures it would be good to think of the live/digital elements (particularly in relation to your last research project).

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