Deborah Khodanovich — How do you Exhibit a Ghost Discipline? | 2020.ocadu.gd

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Deborah Khodanovich

How do you Exhibit a Ghost Discipline?

For my thesis I've been exploring the question How do you Exhibit a Ghost Discipline? I refer to graphic design as a ghost discipline, meaning it “only exists when other subjects exist first" (Stuart Bailey). So how do you exhibit and frame graphic design, when it's graphic design inherently doesn't exist, it is a frame that holds content. My year-long exploration consisted of several projects all exploring what an exhibition for ghostly content looks like. Through 3 projects, I explored the practice of exhibition design, along with developing a formula that can help me answer a question graphic designers have been struggling and stuck with.

View the entire thesis project here→
View the process book here→

Exhibition Design

Design Authorship

Publication

Web Design

A MEDIUM PLATFORM
A fluid exhibition created to build community among a large group of designers in a shared space. As weeks went on, the exhibit evolved depending on what was being displayed on a given day.
Visit the exhibit catalog here→

IMAGE 1: An image of the exhibition, consisting of a hand built shelf from recycled scraps, risographed posters, and the curated & contributed content.
IMAGE 2: A projection mapping presentation demonstrating the exhibit catalog (website) surrounding the exhibit (shelf).

A LIBRARY IS AN EXHIBIT IS...
This exhibition, currently on pause due to covid-19, exists as a temporary library made up of borrowed library books, all which contain traces of previous ownership. The ghosts of those that have touched upon these books in the past remain attached to the books themselves. (Collaboration with Rebecca Wilkinson.)

3803
An exhibition made during the beginning of the research process, exploring what is necessary in defining an exhibition. 3803 existed in my apartment, showcasing the life of my roommate and I acting both as graphic design and performance.

The final process book demonstrating all of the research, artist statement & thesis essay, and projects I worked on during second semester.
View the process book here→