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Welcome to my MA Visual Communication Blog! I will be posting all of the research and experimentation from my degree studies here. I hope you find it interesting, informative, even entertaining.
Happy Reading...
Will Gompertz: Think Like an Artist
Gompertz’s Think Like an Artist and Lead a Creative, Productive Life is an amazing little book.
Holli Kalina
Nov 3, 20242 min read
Screen Printing Workshop
Screen printing is a process where ink is forced through a fine mesh screen onto a surface. Screens were originally made of silk.
Holli Kalina
Nov 3, 20244 min read
Stop Motion (Triangle Tree)
For this experiment, I took inspiration from the Pythagorean Tree, a mathematical design based on recurring geometric shapes.
Holli Kalina
Nov 3, 20242 min read
Rounwah Adly Riyadh Bseiso: Revolutionary Art or “Revolutionising Art”? Making Art on the Streets of Cairo
Rounwah Adly Riyadh Bseiso is an educator and researcher who holds a PhD from SOAS, University of London, UK.
Holli Kalina
Oct 30, 20242 min read
Kazuo Ishiguro: My Twentieth Century Evening – and Other Small Breakthroughs’
My Twentieth Century Evening – and Other Small Breakthroughs’ is an extract from Kazuo Ishiguro’s speech following his 2017 Nobel Prize.
Holli Kalina
Oct 30, 20242 min read
Review of Bell Hooks: Reel to Real: Race, Sex and Class at the Movies
Bell Hooks was the pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins (1952 -2021). Hooks, a black American scholar and activist who published over 30 books.
Holli Kalina
Oct 30, 20242 min read
Printing Triangle Centric Designs
The first printing technique explored in this experimental model is Collagraphy, which is the creation of a relief print using collage
Holli Kalina
Oct 29, 20243 min read
Digital Media Project Proposal
This project seeks to follow the hypothetical path required of the pre-iPhone generation photographers in adapting to the age of video media
Holli Kalina
Oct 29, 20243 min read
Three Dimensional Triangles
Inspired by my earlier paper-folding experiments, I have continued using Origami to create three-dimensional paper models.
Holli Kalina
Oct 27, 20244 min read
Experimenting with Sound
Skillful use of music can create atmosphere, drama, relationships, a sense of space and time, social/cultural references and more
Holli Kalina
Oct 22, 20243 min read
The Infographic
The infographic is usually a combination of data visualizations, illustrations, text, and images merged into a single format
Holli Kalina
Oct 21, 20243 min read
A Brief History of the Hashtag #
The # symbol, also known as the hashtag, is a well-known feature of social media usage, however, the # has been used in electronic communica
Holli Kalina
Oct 19, 20242 min read
Organised Activism: Eko (formerly SumOfUs)
Eko describes itself as a global community of ordinary people who want to make a difference in the world in which they live.
Holli Kalina
Oct 19, 20242 min read
Twitter and Tear Gas: the power and fragility of networked protest (Introduction)
“The author is also insightful on how governments and politicians are moving from censorship... to attention-grabbing and misinformation"
Holli Kalina
Oct 18, 20243 min read
Experimenting with Instagram Video
Studio Day is a short video that I created with the intention of cross-posting to my Instagram and Facebook Page social media feeds.
Holli Kalina
Oct 16, 20244 min read
Burton Nitta
Burton Nitta is an Anglo-Japanese, transdisciplinary art and design studio based in London, created by Michael Burton & Michiko Nitta.
Holli Kalina
Oct 15, 20242 min read
Charlotte Prodger: BRIDGIT
Charlotte Prodger is a queer British artist who works within a range of media, including video, photography, creative writing and sculpture.
Holli Kalina
Oct 15, 20242 min read
Exploring Triangles Using Mixed Media and Photography
This week I explored digital post-processing photography in various creative ways, using existing images to create digital collages.
Holli Kalina
Oct 15, 20242 min read
The Quick Response (QR) Code
The QR code is a 2D machine-readable code, capable of storing strings of information. It was developed by Denso Wave Inc. Japan, in 2002
Holli Kalina
Oct 7, 20243 min read
Creating a Triangle inspired Zine
With the triangle as my inspiration, I turned to creatives that use geometric paper folding techniques as inspiration for my zine
Holli Kalina
Oct 7, 20242 min read
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