Dyatlov Pass:
The Visual Essay

Creative Writing 
Graphic Design

Using the tone of an unreliable narrator and inspiration from the unsettling and unsolved deaths of the victims of the Dyatlov Pass, this is a visual essay from the perspective of a stranger obsessed by the case using images from the original case.

ANCHORS
AHOY

ART DIRECTION



The brief was to shoot the
nautical trend for SS’16.

The concept involved the showcasing of the nautical trend with the backdrop of a pool to depict a very relaxed and casual mood. The colors and patterns gave the editorial a vacation-like feeling.

Apeshit: The Remix

GRAPHIC DESIGN 
VIDEO


Using my thesis topic of interest, we were tasked with remixing it's original platform four different ways under the constraints: designer-directed, without technology, juxtaposing its original theme and, using only a visual language. Using theme and variation, I worked cross platforms communicating new information while communicating some aspect of the original.


The original piece of work that I chose was The Carter's music video for the song Apeshit. I took inspiration from the Met Gala's Heavenly Bodies exhibit and the video which uses a white space historically to show the slow takeover of power by someone marginalized, in this case, two black powerhouses.

 
Credits: The Carters

Using our thesis, topic of interest or artwork we were tasked with remixing it's original platform four different ways under the constraints: designer-directed,without technology, juxtaposing its original theme and, using only a visual language. Using theme and variation from project one think about how you will work cross platforms communicating new information while communicating some aspect of the original.

 

Taking inspiration from Adrian Piper's collaborative performances,

Funk Lessons, where she worked with several groups of people, this iteration takes a look at 80s dance videos. Funk music, dance, and the soul train are all primarily popular branches of entertainment in the black community.

And the 80s disco, workout videos are both heavily influenced by funk music and even use the Soul Train which was popularized by the TV show of the same name. This adaption and appropriation by white culture incited this reinterpretation of the song Apeshit.