OBLITERATION
Women through History
Exhibition Design
2018
Rebecca Solnit's Grandmother Spider discusses obliteration; how throughout history — and more specifically through records of official documentation, i.e. the patronymic naming system — women have been made to disappear. From this excerpt, I was inspired to develop this project.
This poster series refers to the banality and homogeneity of iterative documentation. The monospace typeface gives the piece a more nostalgic and timeless feel, and together with the yellowish cream paper, they reinforce the essay’s historical nature. It is the dimensionality of the posters —them being burned, hanged, and exposed— that give us a better sense of an obliterated woman in history. Being able to see through them, makes us wonder what stories haven’t been told.
6 Paper Posters
18 x 24 inch
Women through History
Exhibition Design
2018
Rebecca Solnit's Grandmother Spider discusses obliteration; how throughout history — and more specifically through records of official documentation, i.e. the patronymic naming system — women have been made to disappear. From this excerpt, I was inspired to develop this project.
This poster series refers to the banality and homogeneity of iterative documentation. The monospace typeface gives the piece a more nostalgic and timeless feel, and together with the yellowish cream paper, they reinforce the essay’s historical nature. It is the dimensionality of the posters —them being burned, hanged, and exposed— that give us a better sense of an obliterated woman in history. Being able to see through them, makes us wonder what stories haven’t been told.
6 Paper Posters
18 x 24 inch
