Infinite Light, Infinite Life
Christina Greene
yoshikagreene.studio@yoshikagreene
My thesis explores notions of memory and past events, utilizing materiality to communicate my experiences within relationships, belonging, and Asian American identity. I experiment with various materials to expand my understanding of graphic design, a field that has become largely digitized and moving increasingly away from physical practices of making. Experimenting with materiality can expand a designer’s understanding of what constitutes graphic design and challenges modernist notions of what good design is. My discoveries on how materials react with each other and each medium’s limitations come together to display how experimental and physical design can be applied to a mass producible product.‘What is Home’ - Photographic Projections I revisited a photograph series created during March 2020, at the start of quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each photograph is printed on silk organza, creating a transparent effect. As each photograph is layered over another, the images increase in contrast and details become more visible. The text alludes to past memories of relationships that fade with time and physical locations with personal significance.‘The People you Hold’ - Silk Poster Inspired by a conversation with a colleague, the piece introspects on the multifaceted layers of a person’s identity and experiences that are not visible externally. Silk is utilized to emphasize the elusiveness and intangible aspects of the human experience.‘Infinite Light, Infinite Life’ - Book The accumulation of experimenting with material and physical mediums is brought together into a book, containing Japanese short stories, research on Japanese religion, and poetry. Alternative materials including silk, tyvek and rice paper are used to display the content, materials that contain historical and cultural significance to my Japanese heritage.
