Nerve Impulse: How Graphic Designers Respond to the World, 2009 (CAA| ARTspace)
2009 College Art Association | ARTspace Conference
Chair:
Rachele Riley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Rachele Riley Run Aesthetic
February 25, 2009, Los Angeles, CA
The panel explored the work of five graphic designers – graphic designers, who are also artists, writers, performers, and educators. Addressing issues of social, environmental, and political concern, the self-initiated creative projects presented demonstrate how design research, experimentation, openness, and collaboration play important roles in responding to intricate world problems. This panel emphasizes the diverse field of graphic design and examines its enduring potential for meaningful engagement in world issues.
The Panel:
The Evolution of Silence: Scars of War and the Atomic Bomb Testing
Rachele Riley, University of North Carolina Charlotte
....made in response to the Nevada Test Site and part of a larger exploration of how violence shapes landscape, people, and aspects of our visual culture.
What's Eating You?: The graphic language of THE HOLE: CONSUMER CULTURE vol. 1
John Jennings, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Art Director of Eye Trauma Studios
...uses the graphic language of the comic book to address social inequality and cultural stereotypes.
Warren Lehrer: Responding to the world through design and story
Warren Lehrer, School of Art+Design, Purchase College, SUNY and Designer as Author Program, SVA
...writer and designer, Warren Lehrer will present his books and multi-media projects which take on fast food, mental illness, the justice system, immigration, consumerism, and war and peace.
Where’s the (Brotherly) Love? or A strange thing happened on the way to the Pro Bono
Frank Baseman, Associate Professor, Graphic Design Communication, Philadelphia University
...will tell a sad but true story of "a pro bono project gone awry," a campaign that addressed escalating violence in Philadelphia in year 2006.
Sheep Hill Community Tree
Kim Fleischman, Assistant Professor in Graphic Design, Daemen College
...highlights the power of community in an historic, primarily African-American neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia that has been struggling with poverty, drugs, and homelessness.
The Evolution of Silence: Scars of War and the Atomic Bomb Testing
Rachele Riley, University of North Carolina Charlotte
....made in response to the Nevada Test Site and part of a larger exploration of how violence shapes landscape, people, and aspects of our visual culture.
What's Eating You?: The graphic language of THE HOLE: CONSUMER CULTURE vol. 1
John Jennings, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Art Director of Eye Trauma Studios
...uses the graphic language of the comic book to address social inequality and cultural stereotypes.
Warren Lehrer: Responding to the world through design and story
Warren Lehrer, School of Art+Design, Purchase College, SUNY and Designer as Author Program, SVA
...writer and designer, Warren Lehrer will present his books and multi-media projects which take on fast food, mental illness, the justice system, immigration, consumerism, and war and peace.
Where’s the (Brotherly) Love? or A strange thing happened on the way to the Pro Bono
Frank Baseman, Associate Professor, Graphic Design Communication, Philadelphia University
...will tell a sad but true story of "a pro bono project gone awry," a campaign that addressed escalating violence in Philadelphia in year 2006.
Sheep Hill Community Tree
Kim Fleischman, Assistant Professor in Graphic Design, Daemen College
...highlights the power of community in an historic, primarily African-American neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia that has been struggling with poverty, drugs, and homelessness.