Protest VS Proactive Ideas

Updated: Mar 15, 2021

Protest noun noun: protest; plural noun: protests 1. a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something. "the British team lodged an official protest" an organized public demonstration expressing strong objection to an official policy or course of action. "a protest over planned pit closures" 2. LAW a written declaration, typically by a notary public, that a bill has been presented and payment or acceptance refused.

Craftivism

Craftivism is a way of looking at life where voicing opinions through creativity makes your voice stronger, your compassion deeper & your quest for justice more infinite.

The projects to be explored sit somewhere in the middle of these two terms,

hence the phrase

Proaction

NOUN

action that initiates change as opposed to reaction to events

-Proaction in this way then looks at other ways of using your voice to raise an issue.

-I feel that craftivism can sometimes be reflected in ideas of the person being creative or crafty, sometimes it it mostly associated with women too.

-I don't want individuals to feel like they either cannot use their voice as they don't see themselves as creative or that they don't feel they want to protest on the streets.

-I think proaction will sit in a way which it develops easy conversations and voices that at first don't seem like activism or protest, thats its more subtle in developing the strong voices.

-The projects very gently change the community space but it is not seen in that way by the maker at first.

-They are not overwhelmed by the words activism or craft and that the act of developing their voice comes easily. -Below are Illustrator font and colour experiments looking at the transition between protest, in bolder colour to start and then proaction becoming stronger after the two phrases mix in the middle.

-This hopes to show that the two are not mutually exclusive and have links. Using san serif fonts to give a modern look to the piece. The intention is to screen print this design which will give the overlays of colour more depth and interest.

-Pro registers with both prints showing that with both forms there are positive outcomes, proaction is simply the route I wish to develop

(Hamilton Wood Type) HWT ARTZ font, the I has been kerned to sit on top of the T in protest. When screen printed the inks will be mixed to a translucent consistency to create strong colour overlays

Font has reflections in wood type and a more traditional font

Illustrator layout and colour seperation placements for Futura, a more visually serious and open font. On screen print I will again kern the I and T so they register in a more aesthetically pleasing way