Ethnic Minorities in Visual Culture
A contextual approach of data and images that reveal the big picture
over 100 years of ethnic representations in art and media
The research project presents the way ethnic minorities were portrayed in Romanian visual culture since the dawn of the modern state until today. The project resulted in a traveling exhibition, first presented at Brussels, and a book.
The creative direction focused on making information accessible and easy to grasp. Visual content is linked with historical and social context.
CLIENT
PostModernism Museum
WORK
Event Identity, Exhibition Design, Publication Design, Production Management
Clean and minimal art direction with and eye for textures.
The project explores the rich dialogue that exists between visual representation on one hand and political and social context on the other.
Cosmin Nasui, curator
Infographics on canvas
The core of the exhibition is formed by 14 tall textile panels, dedicated to each sub topic addressed. The design of the panels is similar to an infographic and it shows the analyzed works, context data and information from the research in chunks that can be consumed randomly or in a specific order.
Non linear reading experience
The book is presented as a folder which contains the panels of the exhibition, as individual leaflets, and the whole text of the research in a fascicle attached to the third cover.
The folder underlines the process; splitting the content allows the reader to get an overview, similar to the exhibition, as well as to read the entire research undistracted.
Visual content is linked with hystorical and social context.
The exhibition has traveled to Brusells, Bucharest and Brasov and will be hosted in 2018 by Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu.