In early childhood we scribble across pages of paper, inventing creative and meaningful sign systems that convey our personal worldview. Growing into adulthood we stray from imagery
to mostly depend on language as a dominant method of communication and self-expression. Yet language, unlike imagery, is a linear and rigid sign system that defines our realities through technical concepts rooted in visual realism. As a consequence of our reliance on language, we limit our possibilities for creative approaches to expression and understanding that can be obtained by comprehending the vast possibilities of imagery.
Inspired by methods of childhood meaning-making, the book consists of seven different activities that are nostalgic to our childhood experiences. Utilising a variety of modes, we have used narratives that reflect our millennial experience to create content that demands and offers multiple ways of engagement from the audience.
We seek to explore how imagery & interactive activities can also be used to create a conversation through collage. Images possess a distinct ability to convey individual perspectives and explore personal levels of meaning that language fails to achieve.
100 page coptic bound book with laser cut acrylic cover
concept, design & imagery by avrgbbs, 2018
five super fun colouring pages
whether you like colouring inside or outside the lines, crack open that 96 pack of crayons and get ready to transform some cute drawings of our lil collection!
pictogram puzzles of text message conversations
here are four conversations we find ourselves having over and over again. but its up to you to decipher what they mean! don’t worry, there are no wrong answers.
sticker activity with figures that you can dress up and take on your own adventure!
3 backgrounds, 5 figures, 24 stickers, endless combinations. mix & match all the little stickers and play pretend in your own made up world.
three messy scenes to look & find
with my lil eye, three different messy scenes and sets of clues for you to solve!
wanna try a new way to connect with your unconscious?
why is it that we dream in visuals but then record them with words?
instead of just looking at the pretty fabric in photographs, now you can touch too!
oooo! instead of just staring at some cute photos from our collection - feel the actual fabric that we used to make!!!
personalisze some silly scenarios by adding in your own pictures and words
here a bunch of different narratvies that you can personalize through drawing, inventing your own dialogues or answering some of our little questions with your own pictures! enjoy!
exhibition at mass exodus
x university, toronto (2018)
