Initial sketch as to what the general layout would be. This is where I put the bulk of my ideas and motifs seen in Scher's work that I would later replicate (or try to). I have also added my own touch to the work. At the beginning and end of the timeline are full black triangles. Scher never used these, but I felt the full black color and simple geometric shape would accentuate Scher's use of black lines as well as the text she would use at an angle. This project was definitely one of the more challenging projects I've done over the course of my freshman year here at Siena, but it has also been one of the most beneficial, as it is comprised of different materials and, during the process, I was able to utilize techniques and tools I haven't used previously in projects, such as printing out color to glue down with PVA glue (The yellow background), as well as using the Color Aid paper. I'm overall pretty satisfied with the end result. I really liked how Scher used 1 color prints of figures and then arranged and portrayed the text in such a way that it accentuated the motion of gesture of the figure, and has strengthened my love and admiration for typography (a class I am taking during this time).
Originally, I only wanted to use the prints of Michaelangelo's David and the iPhone from Janet Cardiff's et al.'s in the design, but I felt the distance between those two points would feel bland, even with all the text and design elements. So, in the Baroque period I used Bernini's David as a sort of relief and to balance the composition. While on the topic of the Baroque period, I decided to make the background blue for numerous reasons: to make the whole composition more visually dynamic and interesting, to balance the composition, and to accentuate the duration of the Baroque period itself, as It is the second to longest period. It also felt to be just the right size in terms of adding that shade of blue to all of the yellow. When trying to represent Scher's work, I put a heavy emphasis on the minor details, as those details are what really define her work as her own. This is achieved through use of the red Color Aid cutout circles I've used, a motif seen in her work, as well as an an emphasis on directional text that suggests a sense of movement. This is achieved throughout the timeline with not only the text around the figures, but with the years on the timeline itself, as they are diagonal, and this further accentuated by the diagonal shape of the triangles and text that is diagonal throughout the piece. The only thing I would change would be to add just a bit more text to the Renaissance side. There seems to be too much yellow/negative space, and I would have liked to have some thinner text, probably in FB Agency, distributed in some sections of that time-span, but overall the composition feels balanced and interesting, and a satisfactory homage to Scher's style. Leave a Reply. |
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