Some New Realizations





 This week were our first individual meetings with Franc! I met with him to discuss my new iterations which I have made progress on. Before our meeting I was a bit stuck because I was not super happy with the direction I was going in but now I think I have a clear understanding. Before my Franc meeting I had added some realism photos to the bottom portion of my posters as a way to clearly articulate the textures I was going for but now have realized them as a way to abstract these issues in a binary that is illustrated through this difference- realism vs. abstraction- with the realism being the issue and the abstraction representing the "good" surface level. In my posters everything represents a duality. I am going to alter my proposal with this new information. 

Some notes I'm going to work on;

Franc brought up a good point that my posters, though the imagery is there, are lacking in some contextual information. So this is what I'm going to work on for next week-adding some statistics or information. He also suggesting the inclusion of a QR code which could be interesting and allow me to gather information from multiple sources and compile it for the reader to educate themselves and learn about these issues. I think I might do this in the form of a linktree that would allow me to link multiple sites and articles in one place. I will also add some information and some more text that alludes to the fact that these posters are all linked through pollution.


See my poster iterations below


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