Sound Bubble — Fiona Lyons-Carlson

SOUND BUBBLE

Roles:
Curator
Designer
Copywriter

Duration:
6 weeks
Mar-Apr 2024

Advisor:
Becca Leffell Koren

In this project, I took on the role of exhibition curator and selected works by the following international artists: Nelo Akamatsu, Paul Kos, Dorette Sturm, Nicola Giannini, and Jonathon Kirk and Lee Weisert. Each artwork is an installation that foregrounds the sensory experiences of water with emphases on touch and sound. Because of the deprioritization of sight in these works, I incorporated braille into this exhibition identity system.

I began by designing a multiscriptual wordmark pictured above. I was fascinated by braille’s modular dot system and chose to interweave the corresponding English glyphs throughout it. The wordmark is designed to change form depending on the context, while always remaining in a similar grid-like structure.

I chose to render the title wall and posters in translucent acrylic to both allude to water and emphasize the exhibition’s understatement of visuals. The title wall features introductory text in both English and braille while keeping in mind braille formatting and ADA-compliant wall placement.

The promotional posters may stand alone or be viewed side-by-side to form a fully engraved image of Chozumaki by Nelo Akamatsu. The engraving is comprised of small dots, encouraging viewers to engage with the posters through touch.

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Last Updated: Feb 2025