Practical | Messages

From my tutorial this afternoon, I thought that the buzzword that could inform the content of my practical word could be messages.

This ties in with my research up to now, which has looked at subversive visual communication, and the basis of this and the discipline of illustration is messages.

I plan to visually explore the idea of messages (what they are, how they are sent/received, what kinds exist, etc) which will hopefully form the basis of the imagery I generate.

I could also look into distributing these messages, and recording how I have done this, as well as any responses I get back. Some thoughts for now are:

- Public distribution (small photocopies, drawings, and/or collages left in public spaces)
- Digitally (a blog platform? a social media page? email?)
- Postal (through the post, exchanging with others)

I could even go as far as leaving an email / web address for people to respond to, as if to say "Hey, I found one of your images!"

At this point, I would like the practical work I make to be exploratory, process-led, and more about recording and documenting this side of the project.

However, nearer the end it may spawn a more finished product of sorts (e.g. a book, online publication, collection of images...)