Studio Brief 2: Collage experimentation

In order to further my initial research I've experimented with collage using found imagery based on women's rights which I've further developed into a giff (see fig 1). These collages are all centred around the chaotic nature of the Suffragette riot in 1908 by placing the word riot into different and sometimes contradictory situations to highlight issues women face and the need for action. This experimentation using collage had allowed me to explore typography within my work which needs further development and research in order to better reflect the suffragette movement and the riot.

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In addition I've also looked at words related to the suffragette movement (see figures 2-5) and riots in general in order to gain a better perspective on the emotions involved and how I can incorporate those into my work. I think these experimentations our successful as they reference the riot and movement more subtly and with a more abstract approach. This can be seen through the use of colour within the backgrounds instead on imagery as the typography is highlighted giving more weighting to the words featured within the collage. In order to further develop my typography experimentations I will experiment digitally with different typefaces that reflect eh Suffragette movement from the 1900s.

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