Concept
The key concepts of the
message I conveying is Sight and Perspective, the concept of Sight is
further explained on my Blog. Perspective came about through random occurance,
furthermore the concept of my disability (more specifically that I have Autism)
and how I see the world through my perspective, which is literately what the
second part of the concept.
Research
Much of my initial
research was through Illustrator Friday and Pinterest (which the former can be
found on my blog); furthermore I’ve being looking at sites such as United
Colours of Benneton’s Unhate Campaign (http://unhate.benetton.com) and Amaze (http://www.amaze.org.au) a Autism advocate site in Victoria as starting
points for the creation of the Illustrations.
Message
The message that I want
to convey is that rather than be judgemental, I want people to see through the
perspective of a person with Autism, who want to achieve their goals, hopes and
dreams whilst at the same time, attempting to overcome the obstacles, whatever
it is, that could be in my way. And for anyone who see my artwork to see people
with Autism from a whole new perspective. Though what I’m doing is personal, I
do however intend to convey this message through visual means, which I will
explain in my proposal.
Proposal
My first illustration
that I propose to do is of a cityscape in the background with obstacles in the
form of rocks in its way. The purpose of this illustration is that my goal is
to find work in either Melbourne or Canberra and there are obstacles that could
be in my way in achieving this goal. The approach to this illustration is
through the use of composition of photography and physical materials, such as
rocks and dirt.
My second illustration
that I propose is a photocomposition that I intend to output through print
making, the composition that I intend to do is get a close up shot of my eyes
and merge them in an image of a lake or beach. The idea is to show that I want
to achieve my goals, which is at the other side, with the lake or the ocean as
an obstacle.
My third illustration
that I propose is an analogue illustration depicting a set of eyes in a box,
depicting a person trapped in a box, the message that we see the person trapped
in that box (hence the sight concept) and try to see the problems of autism
from that person’s perspective.
My fourth illustration
that I propose, though a rough idea as I’m writing this at the moment, is an
analogue illustration of the close up showing both my eyes, and within the eyes
show the words: Overcoming obstacles, Stigma, Taboo, Hopes and Dreams, Goals
and Achievements, these words associating my struggles that I do face with my
disabilities.
