Aristophanes, Lucy Spink; Bring us back to life, Yi Ka Janice Chan
The combined Illustration, Advertising, Graphic Design and Photography BA(Hons) exhibition for Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design (CSM) took place at the Nicholls & Clarke building, Shoreditch High Street. Here we take a look at Illustration – look out for Graphic Design later this week.
Lucy Spink took a passage from Aristophanes’ play The Birds for her illustrations; a passage that ‘depicts a dark but interesting and unusual portrayal of the creation story. In the beginning there existed only Chaos, Night, Black Erebus and Dreary Tartarus; there was no Earth, no Air, no Sky. It was in the boundless womb of Erebus that the first egg was laid by black-winged Night; and from this egg, in due season, sprang Eros, the deeply-desired.’
Detail from Bring us back to life, Yi Ka Janice Chan; Illustration at Nicholls & Clarke building, CSM
Yi Ka Janice Chan tackles the issue of the vanishing butterfly species in the UK, with her project celled Bring us back to life. Only 56 species now remain in Britain….My aim in this project is to bring four extinct British butterflies back to life by making butterfly origami. Four kits were made for each species. The kit includes an illustrative information booklet, an origami folding instruction, and a butterfly pattern template for each butterfly… I assume that from making origami and reading the information booklet, it will help us to gain a better understanding of protecting our world.’
Frog, lily, dog, frond and stick, Helen Lovelee
Helen Lovelee, in her project Frog, lily, dog, frond and stick, investigates the relationship between the indigenous and Western European cultures in Australia. Helen says, ‘I identified ecology as common ground for all Australian people and an issue that could unite aboriginal and non-aboriginal Australians. ‘Frog, Lily, dog, frond and stick’ is a set of five hand-drawn, digitally printed works that communicate the essence of the traditional aboriginal Australian philiosophy.’
The Salmon, Joo Hee Kim
Joo Hee Kim created a concertina book about the lifestyle and reproduction of the salmon. The designer says, “The salmon is an extraordinary and mysterious fish. For centuries mankind has wondered how it is able to survive both in freshwater and saltwater and how it navigates thousands of miles to feeding grounds in the oceans before returning to the burns of its birth to reproduce. The outlines are linocuts and the details were added and manipulated with Photoshop.
Helen Lovelee
Joo Hee Kim: joohee.kim1125@gmail.com
