Tutorial 2 notes
– Current passport very sterile, tutor shocked by lack of life in current Post-Brexit passport.
– Dezeen post-brexit reference discovered, past passports discussed, lots of British content.
– Prado guidelines, EU security passport design, discussed, care of Chris Lee talk last year
– There’s definitely something there, broader passport examples discussed, Scandinavian countries. Keshavarz mentioned, fat passport means status symbol.
– Passport methods mentioned again, can’t replicate closely
– Foil in letterpress cover studio
– Fold out poster great / tutor
– Size? Should it be bigger? Have to weigh up folding.
– Map split cover setup discussed, or book like passport opening discussed for fold out map.
– Big newsprint mockup from last week discussed, is that right?
– Tutor – current one feels more polite! It closes nicely, of course, but what would happen if it’s bigger. If paper is thinner, it could work
– Sam – thicker passport speaks of amplifying content, loud message
– Keep cover the same size
– May have to just print one size.
– Is folding perfectly possible?
– Interrogate next prototype for next week
– What about the insides? Could it be a timeline? A Colonial past, not a slogan. Single guillcohe illustration.
– Could it be an amplified or contextualized version of my last subverted passport? MY story, accented with context and facts.
– Infographic in there? Data? Time, fact etc
– Maybe a single printed position on the back?
– Current size mockup size is doable in the time, but can we go bigger?
– Sam – people shouldn’t be judged by their mistakes, so can this be more co-design? Apathy about colonialism. Against white guilt. Identity should still have integrity whilst acknowledging the past. He sees people washing the past, good and bad, away.
– ME: I want I share my understanding, not make this adversarial. Probably will end up leaning towards the colonial, but not executed in a sensational way.
– Tutor – Fine balance. Lack of acknowledgement, causes, side effects of colonialism deep, broad, myriad. Universal truth.
– Could there be some co-design going on?
– Danxi – could this be public art? In a space, invite people, react to it by whiting something down? Film the process. LOVE THIS IDEA.
– Could this be tested or a workshop? Giving to people, film their reaction. Giving it to my mum for example? Give it to a mate from uni? Tendency to make it a white-bash.
CONCLUSION
– Direction is good. Could be educational, understanding the past. Could be much more in your face? Try to avoid big words, like ‘decolonising’. They have been overused and lose power. Borders, etc etc. Don’t use usual parlance to do with colonialism.
– Change of decision aesthetic , paleness, of the new passport. Could I make insides really colourful? Or REALLY sterile. I think it need sot be warm, human, appropriate. Could it be beautiful? Narrate these whole stories through using or reusing iconography of the passports.
JOSE REFERENCE:
https://raulsilvacuevas.com
DANXI REFERENCE:https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/society-arts-culture/chris-steele-perkins-london-family/
– With the above in mind, could it be an embellished versions of my story already? An amplified up version of my last response. Use documents but also narrative illustration? Extract elements, pared back, negative space.
