I chose to look at racism, although not directly relatable to me and neither an aspiration, nor an experience to some extent for me, I believe racism is something which everyone can relate to somehow, whether its something we have experienced ourselves, something we have put others through, or something which we have witnessed on tv or in a film.
Racism is a problem which everyone has seen or heard about potentially on a regular basis and therefore I chose to express this theme by looking at one of the most inspirational, history changing speeches the world has ever seen, "I Have A Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
The speech itself was not my main focus to begin with and I chose to focus on the phrase "I Have A Dream Today" although the meaning was lost without the entire speech to add purpose to the sentence. I then created designs based on both the "I Have A Dream Today" phrase taken from the speech and the entire speech itself.
This lead to a very intriguing poster-type manifesto which my tutor really enjoyed during the crit session with my fellow classmates.
The poster draws your attention with the bold background text which in turn makes you want to stop and read the entire text which is overlayed on it. (See Below)
However, overall, I feel I did not explore this brief as thoroughly as possible and instead settled for a basic idea which had a striking outcome despite its simplicity. I aim to explore my ideas in my depth in future projects to give me a solid basis from which to create more interesting and captivating work.
Below is my final manifesto:
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