15th Nov
The anthropology research of homeless people caught my attention on their gestures. Their sitting postures are as powerful as the words written on the cardboard sign. I observer that the way homeless people sit are similar to myself or other people’s sitting position on a sofa. This though brings me the idea of making visual contrast by placing homeless people in a piece of luxury sofa.
I looked at Ugur Gallenkus (Turkish graphic designer)’s photoshopped images as a starting point. His works express heavy messages by putting two pictures one is better than the other together. I realized that not all of his contrasting images deliver clear messages.For example, the ice cream with the nuclear bomb confuse me, because I can not understand the relation between the ice cream and the bomb.
Whereas the image of injured boy with his mom and Lady Gaga express better message. From my point of view those two women are both crying, the former one is crying for her child who is in war condition, whereas the latter one might cry for her own glory. I think putting two images that shares a common emotional feeling works better.
I am going to investigate the contrast idea by making material contrasts such as produce works both in rough material cardboard and delicate materials gold leaf. Make people questioning the material contrast in order to bring in the conversation of homeless issue.