FoU rapport for 2010
Area of focus
Rubbish reflections
An experiment using pictograms to investigate objects and attitudes
Research question: “How can symbols and pictograms as a visual examination of the various perceptions of rubbish encourage philosophical reflections on what really is trash, or not trash?”
My aim as a designer and visual communicator in this project is to explore the possibilities to use symbols and pictograms that we all accept as simple and inflexible visual messages, to express abstractions and more sophisticated messages. I have chosen the theme of rubbish for my investigation into how to use accepted visual symbolic norms in a context and expression that is unexpected.
FoU-resultater for 2010
Søppel: Avfall i en verden av bivirkninger
Publikasjon/PublicationA selection of Pictograms from the project «Rubbish reflections», were published in the book «Søppel: Avfall i en verden av bivirkninger» by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, 2011.
Livsdans
Utstilling/Exhibition - nordic light, International festival of photographyUtstillingen "Livsdans" har sin vernissage under Nordic Light Festival 2010. "Livsdans" er utviklet for å fungere som en ambulerende utstilling. Trine Ottesen beskriver ”Livsdansen” som menneskets medfødte evne til å ta i mot og håndtere livet.
Det er drøyt to år siden Trine Ottesen fikk diagnosen brystkreft og tok kontakt med fotograf Arnfinn Johnsen. Ville Arnfinn være med å visualisere hennes fascinerende oppdagelser, om å spille på lag med livet selv når livet nakent vrengte vrangsidene ut? Hennes kropp i møte med linsa ... å skape bilder mellom slagene i tiden hun var under cellegiftbehandling.
Designer Ashley Jane Booth lagt Trines små lyriske tekster inn i bildene.
Difficult days
Seminar/Workshop - KHiB and Megafon magasinAnyone can have a "difficult life". It can apply for shorter or longer periods and it can affect you as an individual or as part of a group facing challenges in society. In this project we will work with some of those who have a difficult life. By asking "disadvantaged" to show us (visualize) and tell us about their lives, we will collect their stories of a difficult life and transform these into a series of pictograms.