TUTORIAL NOTES 091025
(3 x home bound passport mockups presented with large prints made in digital print studio at CSM)
– New passport method presented, versions, cover tests
– Used my personal experience as a narrative to show colonial layering, everyday quality to it
– Infinite rabbit hole of British influence
– Tutor: likes idea of own journey to talk about this, wherever we went there was an impact of the UK. It is really impressive how much influence is there. Interested in conversations with kids, explaining to them.
Repercussions still affecting people today.
– Discussion of education, and its shortcomings in the UK to acknowledge colonialism.
(SIDE NOTE – dig up legislation found last project for education reform)
– Not my job to be a social historian, use my kids’ reactions to it
– Script kids reactions? Could this be a conversation – ‘why do the Egyptians have pounds?’.
– Could be a good project for new parents, it’s a big, scary subject and important, but can it dealt with in a simple way – use peoples kids.
– Toolkit for a parent to talk about colonial pasts, parent and child together
– A piece about children’s understanding of colonialism, does it have to be a children’s book?
– Could there be different chapters, 10 different chapters in 10 different passports?
– Could this be by country? Colonialism through traveling, memory
– I can set up conversations with my kids about places that they went, but they won’t remember.
– DIRECTION 1 – a piece about the lack of colonial education in schools? Or DIRECTIONS 2 -TAKE THIS AND LEARN WIT YOUR KIDS, LEARN TOGETHER WITH THEM. This is for both. It’s what has happened for me in this process.
– References brought in – Michael Rosen book (colonial kids book), The exhibitionist / ‘Uncomfortable Art Tours’. “Display it like you stole it” badges
– Make it location specific
– Come up with a narrative style for this, can I use the kids somehow? Get them to pose or have a conversation with them.
– Record some convrerstaisn with them, test the book. Age group? Ella (12) rather than Joseph (15).
– Kids colonial city guides?!! “Colonial Tourism”?!
– Tutor – keep big format? Fun! Make something interactive, disposable, kids can colour it in.
– Poss title – ‘have we been here before?’ Will that work?
– Formatting is interactive and playful, text, content, tone, FUN. When we look at rejects about passports, it’s not fun, it’s serious and adversarial.
– Maybe there’s a collection in unit 3 of 5 different colours?
– Is the narrative conversation based? Guided tours, visit spots?
– Keep execution simple prior to symposium.
LOOKING AHEAD
– confirm reference for writing component
– Kids book concept, develop alongside – production value, script, illustration, look for references
– approach Publications for advice on binding
(Now booked in to start binding test in publications, 16th October 2pm+)
– Consider bright colours for book cover, ‘lemon’ fan foil substrate ordered 091025
– Foil: Magnesium alloy plate, 8 gauge, advised by Helen for use in machines in Letterpress workshop, quite: ‘65mm x 105mm on 8g would be £29.01 + shipping + VAT.’