The place I chose for my postcard project is Grand Ravines park. It's a beautiful, natural park right outside of Allendale. I love spending my free time there, it's extremely beautiful and I hope it is able to stay that way. Through these postcards I hope to call attention to problem of pollution in the air, water, and land. I used three different artists that we learned about in class to draw influence from their works.
For the first postcard I wanted to mimic Tom Bamberger's photos where he creates idealized landscapes. I chose to use a land scape photo of a horizon full of trees. With this postcard I wanted to show what a future healthy landscape would look like with double the trees. It could be a possible view if recycling and reusing paper products becomes a serious part of our daily lives. I would love to see this beautiful place bloom with double the trees and flowers next spring.
For the second postcard I incorporated Sandy Skoglund's techniques of making the familiar unfamiliar. I wanted to show what an unhealthy future environment could look like since I used the first postcard to show what a healthy future environment would look like. In illustrations hazardous waste often has a 'glowing' effect so I manipulated an image of the lake to look like it's glowing. This was to show the possible damage that pollution could cause on our forests.
For the third postcard I drew influence from Jenny Holzer's work. I wanted to find a phrase or sentence that conveyed the over all meaning of all of the postcards. It needed to be something that drew people, but was still clear and concise. Jenny Holzer's words in her pieces always convey a deep meaning. I decided to go with 'save us' since this project is about stopping pollution in order to save the environment and the special park that I love to go to.
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