In today's task we were asked to investigate the techniques involved in outputs of appropriation and subversion, utilising limited resources to produce a piece of work informed by the observed aesthetics of re-appropriation whilst simultaneously linking to the issues that are being individually explored in personal research for Design Practice 02. We were supplied with glue, scissors, magazines and newspapers to produce our piece, a cut-and-paste collage style resolution.
The piece I created shows UK Prime Minister and Conservative Party Leader Theresa May looking up gleefully and laughing, surrounded by quotes and exclamations regarding the PM, her leadership in Brexit and the effects of the detachment from the European Union.
The collage takes the image of May out of context, and instead creates a somewhat sinister view of her as she seemingly revels in the aftermath of the UK's majority vote to leave the EU. The collage's appropriation of this image and the cut out quotes that surround it would be favoured by those who voted remain and who are not members of the 'Tory' party as this is how she appears to them.
I named the piece 'MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!' - this being an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal typically in voice procedure radio communications whilst also utilising Theresa May's last name in representation of her alleged skewed leadership.
Feedback
Feedback was given in relation to three given areas: impact, subversion and technical ability.
Scores and feedback are featured below:
Feedback received details that humour would have improved the collage. While I appreciated the reasoning for the task, it was not a task that I enjoyed. Collage is not my forte; I generally do not like the aesthetic it results in and also find the process messy.
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