Shown above is my submission for the Yoke Leeds Dialogue brief. After some mind mapping I decided to focus on the most simple dialogue that we hear everyday and don't even think about. I thought about slang and stuff that I personally say regularly along with other people. I decided to use the phrase 'alright mate' as this is something that many of my friends and other people I know say everyday. It is so mindless we never really even think about it. It's a question but is often not treated as such. Many people often respond to it by asking the exact same question or with a form of greeting.
I decided to incorporate the thumbs up into the piece as I feel this is also very simple everyday dialogue between people.
I did not think about putting a tattoo into the piece until I went to photograph my friends arm. I considered using someone else but decided that the tattoo would give the halftone image more texture. I suppose tattoos in themselves are a form of communication as well, it is someone expressing who they are as a person so this fits well with the title Dialogue.
I decided against using a typeface and opted for stamping the letters with my thumb print as the image is a thumbs up. I feel this has worked well and is probably the best thing about the piece.
Some classmates and I went to see the exhibition in the corn exchange. I was really impressed with the quality of some of the work there and It was nice to see my work being displayed in a gallery. The image above shows my piece after it had been combined with another submission. I prefer the piece on its own but think the collaboration still works.
