How Do I Open A PDF?

Yazmine Downing

BA (Hons) Art and Design, Yr3
Yazmine Downing Yazmine.Downing@mail.bcu.ac.uk
BA (Hons) Art and Design, Yr3
2021
#Activist
#Educator
A wooden frame painted in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and dark blue stripes. Inside the wooden frame are a series of felt illustrations. They show a young man with yellow hair and glasses. He has pink lips and a red jumper. The words Liam 20 are written as are a series of footsteps, a mobile phone, a number 15 in a rosette and two text boxes which say 'I knew there was something not wrong, but different' and 'oh yh, mom, By the way, I'm Bi'.
Come Out and Chat by Yazmine Downing

 Over the past few years my work has become focused on the human experience, giving a platform of others who are willing to share their stories and testimonies. I explore these narratives through the use of fabric and video mediums.

For my final year project, I have chosen to base it around the queer event of coming out. As it was something that I’ve experienced, so I was intrigued to sit down with others and listen to their testimonies.

The main reason I chose to use fabric/textiles in all of my projects is due to the personal relationship the medium has to me. It represents warmth, home and security. Whilst also embodying an essence of nostalgia, of when I was younger and my mother used to sit down and teach me fabric construction all whilst retelling family histories.

With each project, I’m challenged to come up with new ways to visually represent and capture the individuals stories. I’ve always struggled on finding a relationship between fabric and video work. Through exploration and experimenting over the past year, stop-motion animation has been highlighted as the missing link.

How Do I Open A PDF?

How Do I Open A PDF? is a virtual exhibition of works and ideas by graduates of BA (Hons) Art and Design. Covering a broad range of themes and contexts, the works explore what it means to operate as interdisciplinary artists and designers in 2021. There can be little doubt of the impact that Covid-19 has had a on this cohort, and yet, for all of the challenges, the students […]

Peers & Collaborators

Niki Loizidou
Niki Loizidou
PHASED
#Activist #Historian #MA Arts and Project Management
Lucy Lucas
Lucy Lucas
How Do I Open A PDF?
#Activist #Engineer
A colour photograph showing two fabric collages on a white background. The collage on the right shows parts of a mens blazer that have been deconstructed. The fabric is in pieces and layered onto of one and other. A leopard print fabric replaces the body. The words 'Be Strong and Couragous' are written in pink on a white piece of fabric. In the fabric collage on the right the words 'you are perfect' are stitched in pink and written on off-white fabric. A photograph pf three women is printed onto fabric and layered underneath alongside other elements of a deconstructed mens blazer.
Yazmine Downing
Yazmine Downing
How Do I Open A PDF?
#Activist #Educator
A wooden frame painted in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and dark blue stripes. Inside the wooden frame are a series of felt illustrations. They show a young man with yellow hair and glasses. He has pink lips and a red jumper. The words Liam 20 are written as are a series of footsteps, a mobile phone, a number 15 in a rosette and two text boxes which say 'I knew there was something not wrong, but different' and 'oh yh, mom, By the way, I'm Bi'.
Molly Walker
Molly Walker
Past Shows
#Activist #Educator