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MARCH 2023
presentation materials: poster, dart
tags: graphic design, poster, performance, illustration
‘future telling’ was born out of a class i took my second year at saic called sophomore seminar, a required class for all undergraduate students where you could pick a general topic and learn how to use your skills beyond an academic lens. i hated this class. our first assignment was to create a 52 card deck with every single class or club we ever planned on taking or joining for the remainder of our time at saic. so needless to say i approached this second project with a sour taste in my mouth remaining from that. the simple concept being create a poster or informative piece of art that helped us plan our futures.
i began with a gif, included in the gallery below, of different possible futures for myself kind of loosely making fun of the fact that i really didn’t know what i wanted to do. shit, i mean i was 19 what was my teacher really expecting. after our first in progress critique i realized my product was already far different from my peers, and decided to shift directions. starting with the graduation poster and then finally landing on the dart poster, i really leant into the idea of possible different futures.
i presented the final poster by pinning it up on the wall in front of my class and covering my eyes and throwing a dart at it. it landed on the pills and my tecaher did not like it.
everything is created by me, hand drawn icons, illustrated gif, etc.
first attempt (gif):
second attempt (grad poster):
i enjoyed the concept of this first poster, which is how i ended up with my final,
but i felt that it needed more than simply a distorted picture and paper textures.
the actual final includes the idea of audience interaction and choosing your own
fate in some capacity. it also encompasses the uncertainty of a young artist trying
to define their life path and practice so early on, it does really feel like throwing
a dart and hopingh it lands somewhere good sometimes.