Women Against Passes.
For my second year at university, I was give a brief by the Anti-apartheid: Centre of memory and learning to create an educational zine and animation about the legacy of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.
For the project we were asked to choose a theme that we wanted to work with, these included: Women, Immigration during apartheid and exportation. I wanted to work on the theme of women during apartheid. I specifically wanted to look at the women's march on Pretoria in 1956. South African photographer Zanele Muholi corresponded their faces and face series (2006) with the date the march took place (1956), indicating the importance of the event on South African history.
Development.
For the zine I wanted to make it look like a pass that was used during apartheid, so I began laying out the design in my sketchbook and tried fill the zine with information about the march and it's importance to South African history, and the important role that the women had in global history and the impact it had on human rights. I wanted to include important figures and events to make it more impactful to the reader.
I experimented with new techniques to produce the illustrations. My father was a screen printer, so it was defiantly a technique I wanted to use. I then discover a new technique of using medium and water soluble art materials to print a watercolour style illustration. I then scanned them to a greed to create the zine.
Finalisation.
I originally printed the final zine on my home printer, however, it came out smaller then expected. I then completed the project with a professional print, which was much easier to read and more appealing to the reader.
I completed the final animation using Adobe After Effects. I found using a new software challenging, however, I felt the final animation had a scene of fun and a cartoony element, which made it appealing to younger viewers.
