The term so far… I have been feeling a little lost this term, and have started to wonder if I’m on a tangent from my starting point… as though perhaps my car has been drifting on autopilot and I need to take back control of the steering wheel. This piece of writing is an attempt …
Author archives: Daisy Storm Comber Pearson
Triangulate 1
Analysing the visual language of the Criminal Justice system & exploring the catalogue as a form for communicating my findings. This section uses garamond – typeface of the Supreme Court, 3 column layout. Spaced out. Official. The ‘catalogue’ of British justice. I used the catalogue form to break down the logos into their constitutive elements, …
Initial Research
Analysing the Visual Language of the Justice System – as I had encountered it My initial encounters with the criminal justice system were stressful and chaotic. The level of disorganisation is shocking and unsettling. When they sent through the prosecution evidence, it was printed on super cheap thin paper, held together with a corner tag/toggle …
Visual Essay
Written Component 3
Create a piece of writing that uses specific writing structures, tones, or organizational methods to enact or embody your position. Excerpts from a conversation with Nick Anim. Nick is an environmental activist who I know through Extinction Rebellion (XR) and one of the directors of Transition Town Brixton. He is an academic, currently at UCL …
Wk7 – Visual Essay (1st draft)
Written Component 4
I have found it difficult to pin down what my coursework this term has been about. While I have definitely gained (some) clarity in my written work as I’ve progressed, I have found it challenging to pin down whether or not my visual work enacts these written aims. I actively chose to engage with screen-printing …
Week 6 – Visual Development
The interview continues: The leadership, youth, women and children are in silence. Sad. Because our leader was murdered. When we destroy the forest, when we destroy the rivers, we know what will happen in the future… Here in the Amazon, we have the world’s lungs.
Written Component 3 – Planning
I haven’t done my WC3 yet – sorry! I’ve decided to use it as an opportunity to interview someone — an indigenous rights activist, or BAME intersectional environmentalist activist, but I’ve yet to decide who. I’m asking around my networks now. I will be responding to the prompt: Create a piece of writing that uses specific …
Iterate – Wk 4: Written Component 2
How are positions most effectively developed and demonstrated? Discuss this in relation to a creative practice or text. Then explain how this has helped you think about developing your own emerging position. Sheila Levrant de Bretteville’s appointment as the director of studies in graphic design at Yale University School of Art in 1990 symbolised a …