Once we created the manifesto, the second week the lecture was about oxymorons and visual metaphors. This lecture was what is oxymorons and how we can link it to our protests. In the lecture, they showed us many artists works such as Luba Lukova ‘Social Justice’ posters, Joanna Spicer ‘The times newspaper’ and many more. We were given a list of oxymorons which we can pick from that could work well with our protest. As a group we first chose Quiet Storm. We though about a bottle inside it’s full of ‘storm’ which are gender colours and gender symbols then it bursts out variety of colours. I really liked this idea I think it would work well once it’s actually digitally made. Dan started to create the bottle. The next day I felt confused on what to do I wasn’t sure where I was going with the project. Then I had a look at the list again to come up new with ideas. I made a mind map of all of my ideas.
The mind map above is what I made using different oxymorons. I think this really helped because I could see what sort of things I could create. When I was doing the mind map on my laptop I was searching up symbols related to protests to give me an idea. As I was doing this I had an idea about Quiet riot. I thought about a rising fist which squeezes the hand and colours burst out. I really liked the idea because it links with riot as rising fist is a symbol of solidarity and support and quiet comes in as the act of squeezing the hand is a very gentle act. My team mates also liked this idea, Dan said it would be better if theres gender symbols in the palm and as a gif it would really good which I agree. Also, I had an idea about Harmless crime. I focused on the crime part which a boy or a girl stands holding a paper like a criminal photo because they are wearing blue or pink. This concept really made sense and my team mates also liked the idea. I will be choosing one of these concepts.
Busra Yildiz 