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Chen Luo

权威 · 官方 (AUTHORITY & OFFICIAL)

This work documents the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in China. In the early stage, due to the cover-up and censorship of the government, facts on the epidemic were not fully understood, which caused delayed actions in response to the outbreak. 
Now that the coronavirus disease has developed into a global pandemic, I would like this work to not only echo sympathy for people who have been affected by the disease, especially the doctors and nurses, and the ‘whistle blowers’ who lost their lives, but also to learn from Chinese experience, to promote early prevention. The other takeaway from this project is how governments manipulate and fake information.

Exhibition Design

About the designer

Hi, I'm Chen Luo, currently live in Toronto, Boston and URLs. I love exploring the fields of contemporary art, typography, and motion graphics. I am practicing place graphic design into installation recently. I have accomplished my Bachelor degree in graphic design at OCAD University and I'm currently pursuing MFA in graphic design at Boston University.

Analog or Digital?

Both

The work is consisted of two books and a performance. The two books compare what the government said about and what people really thought about certain issues associated with coronavirus disease.
The other book is called 'Archive', which is nailed from a red monument. The book includes comments from the people that are later censored by the government. The audience is encouraged to rip pages off from the book as a ‘receipt‘, which serves as a record for the pandemic.
The performance and installation together conveys my remembrance for the whistle blowers, especially the medical care workers who battled against the pandemic with their lives. It urges my audience to always remember what happened during the pandemic, and not to make the same mistakes again.

Recession Grads is a digital archive & exhibition set to showcase the work of the Graphic Design 2020 graduating class at OCADU.

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