(by Mikayla Rogers) Pissing in the Garden This 80-page zine depicts about 50 of the publisher’s friends peeing in his garden. His goal was to document a network—of friendship, landscape, and nature—through “the intersection, the blurring, the intertwining and connection that happens in this between each person and the soil and plants.” I love that… Continue reading Experimental Publication Research Post
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A2: Bongbong and Bongs (Mikayla Rogers)
For this project, I focused on the major current political issue in the Philippines and designed a way to present it with my satirical, protest-ical perspective. The history: On June 30th, 2022, the Philippines’ seventeenth president rose to power: Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. 36 years ago, the People Power revolution drove out the country’s tyrannical… Continue reading A2: Bongbong and Bongs (Mikayla Rogers)
HW2: Amsterdam Animation
(by Mikayla Rogers) For my first riso animation, I chose a video I took of Amsterdam’s canal houses while on a canal tour this past spring. During Kelli’s class, I was surprised at how simple many of the first steps were, and how the frame separation, contact sheet generation, and color reduction processes could all… Continue reading HW2: Amsterdam Animation
HW 1: Ladies’ Market 女人街
(by Mikayla Rogers) For my first assignment, I chose to experiment with using an image I shot on film during my exchange last fall in Hong Kong. I began by creating a green layer for the green color I used, let green = new Riso(“green”). Then, I extracted the green color layer from the photo,… Continue reading HW 1: Ladies’ Market 女人街