Adventuring into the Grey Area, 2019
A creative presentation responding to an MA arts-based research project devised and implemented with co-researcher Zakkai Lovering - French. We aimed to combine our different experiences and perspectives to develop a more fluid, organic approach to film-making as opposed to the more rigidly defined hierarchies and linear processes of traditional film practice. We discovered a shared interest in games, in particular Dungeons and Dragons and tarot card readings. These two ‘world-creating’ activities present clearly defined boundaries but also a limitless capacity for imaginative engagement. Somewhere between these two extremes, we found opportunities for comfortable, creatively fulfilling social experiences.
By Georgia Akbar
With thanks to Zakkai Lovering-French
MA Inclusive Arts Practice
Grand Parade, University of Brighton
Card Table - An interactive installation featuring over 300 hand-painted cards made with black ink, water and ice. The cards were used as frames of animation in the short filmYou are the Master of Your Own Destiny. Photography by Eleanor Byrd.
You Are The Master of Your Own Destiny, a short animated film centred around a reflective conversation between co-researchers featuring a collection of over 300 hand-painted cards.
Adventuring into the Grey Area is a short publication documenting the process of coresearch, research findings and reflections created with Design Print Bind.
Photography by Eleanor Byrd and Thomas Harnett O'Meara
Postcard summarising the research project.
My Grandmothers well-used deck of tarot cards were a starting point for our exploration into playful, visual communication techniques.
Photography by George Selwyn-Brace.
