Voice for the Voiceless Poster Series
Voice for the Voiceless is a dual poster series that shares the idea that visual, such as surreal images that highlight an issue, speaks more than words. The whole idea came from Baldwin, B., (2012.) talk where she explained that images can also be used to address social issues and that they impact people more emotionally.
The challenge for this one was coming up with the idea and designing the poster in 1 week. The concept was that art and design can be used to speak for people or issues that are not usually spoken of or highlighted enough. The inspiration was a person without a mouth to depict being voiceless and a handwritten typo was preferred to further depict the idea that expressive visuals can create more impact on people. The person in the posters represents both people and communities along with other issues that do not necessarily involve people.
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Baldwin, B., 2012. The Power of Imagery: Belinda Baldwin at TEDxSMU. [video] Available at: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeZ5juTvQ2w> [Accessed 31 August 2021].
The first poster with the man tearing away his "fake" skin suggests that what you see is not always what it is. Art and design can be used to show you what lurks in the shadows of things that looks "normal". It also suggest that even though there is freedom of expression we are do not always have a voice to speak up.
The second poster is more about visual speaking louder than a voice. It suggests that where voices are not enough to create change, art and design can spread a message or an idea more than words.
