LUCY ÅžiiENiZ
LETTERS OF THE SKIN MAGAZINE
A collaboration of photography, prose, poetry and other miscellaneous artworks responding to the stimulus of 'skin'. This was interpreted as looking at the physical human form as well as how the self interacts with the world around us, examining the shape of identity, culture and heritage.
COMING SOON
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I worked on ensuring that the visual aesthetics were coherent across the pages and that the final work fitted my intended outcome. I began by reaching out to artists I knew, asking for a response to the title "letters of the skin" and organised the submitted works into a story that runs throughout the magazine, weaving together different interpretations and imageries. For the written works, I developed and re-constructed my older work, often using my film photography alongside my written work to 'visualise' the language.
I liaisoned with the artists, ensuring they were all satisfied with the way their final works were displayed in the magazine. With help from my co-editor, the magazine was sent for its initial draft and worked quickly to rectify changes in design, concept and print errors. I consulted a variety of friends/family that helped me streamline the final vision - thankyou to everyone that helped out!
For the marketing of the magazine and the event I was hosting for its release, my friends helped me make event posters to be made and distributed. Two of my friends kindly took over the promotional content through taking photos and videos to post on instagram. I am very grateful for them because they did an amazing job!
The release party was hosted at Art Club, a venue in Bristol, where the magazines were sold, enjoyed and celebrated. There was also an open mic event to encourage the voice and 'identity' that the magazine was inspired by. There were singers, musicians and spoken word - some of which were friends, friends of friends and new people that it was lovely to be connected with. I was so happy to have organised such an event for people to meet and share their talents.
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People enjoyed the handmade food that me and a friend also prepared for the event, bringing our love for Turkish deserts and small bites to the project. My friends helped with the sales of magazines and food whilst I introduced the acts that were performing. Very thankful for their help as I could not have done it without them. Also big thanks to my housemates who were in charge of ticket management.
After the open mic section, I organised for 2 DJ sets to end the night, who were also extremely talented in keeping the crowd engaged and uplifted. Thankyou to them too!
Despitea few minor layout errors within the magazine which I would like to fix, I am happy and proud of the final outcome as it overall looks how I imagined during the initial conception. I am very grateful for everyone that helped out on this project and all the fun we had :)