Kyle Trost: September 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

This is a composition of text giving the illusion of depth. I used a sans serif font for this piece, and I got the idea for it from our generation's extreme negligence of the environment; the white space in the top right of the image represents the hole in the ozone layer, and the o's represent the oxygen leaving the atmosphere.

This is a composition of text as texture. I used a sans serif font for this piece, and I got the idea for it from the increased exposure to violence in today's society; the letter x is used here in substitution of scratches or stitches. This particular work can be interpreted as a representation of abuse in the home, where new wounds can appear before other ones have finished healing, as seen from the different opacities.

This is a composition of text as form. I used a serif font for this piece, and I got the idea from the encroachment of civilization upon the natural world. The pattern created with the letter p represents a tree, and the two upside down l's on either side resemble buildings.

This is a composition of text as line. I used a sans serif font for this piece, and I got the idea for it from the theory of Six Degrees of Separation. Each intersection between the x's represents a link between two different people.

This is a composition of text repetition. I used a sans serif font for this piece, and I got the idea for it from the restrictions that are placed upon us as children and that fade as we get older. The repetition of the letters b and d appear to be chains, and the decreasing opacities represent the fading restrictions.