SURVIVAL MODE: SELF-DEFENSE, VULNERABILITY, AND RESOURCEFULNESS
SURVIVAL MODE: SELF-DEFENSE, VULNERABILITY, AND RESOURCEFULNESS
Survival Mode explores self-defense, vulnerability, and resourcefulness through the question: What would you use to defend yourself if you had nothing else? Ordinary objects are transformed into symbols of protection, examining the relationship between fear, femininity, necessity, and survival.
CHALLENGE: Explore the tension between vulnerability and self-preservation by transforming familiar objects into visual symbols of protection.
APPROACH: I experimented with collage, photography, and composition, juxtaposing symbols of femininity with imagery associated with violence and defense. Handmade elements and digital manipulation create a deliberately raw and fragmented visual language.
OUTCOME: The final series translates ideas of fear, resilience, and self-preservation into a body of conceptual image-making. The project demonstrates an ability to develop complex ideas through art direction, material experimentation, collage, and visual storytelling.
Final poster for "Survival Mode" project. Collage juxtaposed with lyrics from "Design Within Reach" by post-punk band Priests.
Final poster for "Survival Mode" project. Collage juxtaposed with lyrics from "Design Within Reach" by post-punk band Priests.
Beginning Stages of "Survival Mode" project. Project concept is driven by the question, "What would you use to defend yourself if you had nothing else to resort to? If you didn’t have pepper spray on you, what would you use?"
Beginning Stages of "Survival Mode" project. Project concept is driven by the question, "What would you use to defend yourself if you had nothing else to resort to? If you didn’t have pepper spray on you, what would you use?"
Beginning Stages of "Survival Mode" project. Project concept is driven by the question, "What would you use to defend yourself if you had nothing else to resort to? If you didn’t have pepper spray on you, what would you use?"
Beginning Stages of "Survival Mode" project. Project concept is driven by the question, "What would you use to defend yourself if you had nothing else to resort to? If you didn’t have pepper spray on you, what would you use?"
Pushing the project concept further by juxtaposing violent objects with symbols of femininity.
Pushing the project concept further by juxtaposing violent objects with symbols of femininity.
Beginning process of building final collage work.
Adjusting constraints of poster and breaking boundaries.
Playing with digitizing handmade elements.