OUIL501- Study Task 8

Rationale
What is your theme?

My theme is focused on the manipulation of headlines within the media and it's effects on the outside world, more specifically the work we produce as creatives.
How are you exploring it visually (methodology)?

Using line and shape, I have been using collaged headlines to begin to explore new stories and reacting to them through illustrations. 
Why are you doing it this way?

I wanted to reflect the way in which the headlines can dictate our work, which I feel could only be properly explored honestly by reusing actual headlines, rather than purely creating my own wouldn't have the same impact. I wanted to respond to the cyclical nature of mass media as explained in my essay by having these made up headlines dictate my own work.
Materials?

I feel line reflects the naivity I wanted to move with in my practice. Because the work is quite satirical, I wanted to make the work simple and light, which I think its best achieved with line, shape and collage. I used collage to keep the authenticity of the headlines.
Any key theorists who have influenced this?

Marhsall McLuhan's work has influenced my work the most. His outlook on the media has been really interesting to me and his tone is quite dry and satirical, which fits in with the tone of my project. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's views on the press and mass media have also been drawn on a lot in this brief.