Strange encounters: A series of posters investigating the hybrid embodiment of Indo-Canadian identity

Strange encounters: A series of posters investigating the hybrid embodiment of Indo-Canadian identity

BALAKRISHNAN, Krishna

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Postmodernism has been important in acknowledging many forms of “otherness” that emerge from differences in subjectivity, gender, race, class, temporal, spatial geographic location and dislocation. This has become a topic of interest among graphic designers as they explore design’s relationship with culture. This project, a series of creatures called The Avatars explore the use of graphic design to produce visual artifacts that discuss hybrid embodiment of Indo-Canadian identity. Using hybridity, Homi Bhabha’s concept of a “third space” identifies a metaphor for the space in which cultures meet. Where communication, negotiation, and translation bridge societies, a new space emerges.

Postmodernism has been important in acknowledging many forms of “otherness” that emerge from differences in subjectivity, gender, race, class, temporal, spatial geographic location and dislocation. This has become a topic of interest among graphic designers as they explore design’s relationship with culture. This project, a series of creatures called The Avatars explore the use of graphic design to produce visual artifacts that discuss hybrid embodiment of Indo-Canadian identity. Using hybridity, Homi Bhabha’s concept of a “third space” identifies a metaphor for the space in which cultures meet. Where communication, negotiation, and translation bridge societies, a new space emerges.

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DOI: 10.5151/despro-icdhs2016-02_022

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BALAKRISHNAN, Krishna; "Strange encounters: A series of posters investigating the hybrid embodiment of Indo-Canadian identity", p-179-181. In: Wong, Wendy Siuyi; Kikuchi, Yuko & Lin, Tingyi (Eds.). <strong>Making Trans/National Contemporary Design History [=ICDHS 2016 – 10th Conference of the International Committee for Design History & Design Studies]</strong>. São Paulo: Blucher, 2016.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/despro-icdhs2016-02_022