Idea One
A wholly interactive book - a double sided sticker book called This is Art/This is Bullshit. The premise being that the reader can decide for themselves what is and isn't art. There are a few aspects of this idea that I quite like:
- Designing the stickers would allow me to further explore type and graphics. Could the stickers be arrows, or pointing hands? Could you it include mix'n'match letters so you could come up with your own conclusions about what art is? Lots of room for play here.
- Because the question at the centre of my essay is how accessible contemporary art is or isn't, I think making something as wholly accessbile as a sticker book is quite a neat idea, as it relies completely upon audience participation to serve it's function.
However, maybe the idea of the double sidedness of the book is a bit much. 'This is Bullshit' presents a very strong opinion, and although I am the examine the pretensions of the Artworld in my essay, I do not intend it to be a damning of it.
Idea Two
A kind of 'dictionary' of International Art English? It could be quite interesting to try and make a visual response to such a strange strand of language. I've loosely termed this idea a 'dictionary', but I'm not sure that that's what it would be, as IAE is more a weird style of English that having its own specific lexicon. Also, from an illustration perspective, I wonder how much room there would be visual play when trying to make a book about language.
Idea Three
A visual guide to different types of art. This seems the most straightforward idea but if it was handled properly it could also be the most effective. Especially if I focused on it being an a really accessible guide, maybe with a naive aesthetic? What makes This is certainly the idea that seems most neatly linked to the overarching themes of my essay, rather than focusing too closely on one specific element
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