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Blight Ritual Archive
Blight Ritual Archive is a 160-page experimental resource book and installation that acknowledges makeup as an artistic medium for identity and gender expression, open to all viewers to explore at any experience level. The book includes historical research, tutorials, interviews, resources, and artists who use makeup in alternative ways. Followed by visual experiments that physically deconstruct makeup through crushing and smearing products. This process was documented through flatbed scanning to emphasize application beyond the face, opposing conventional beauty aesthetics by emphasizing process and agency.

Blight Ritual Archive was designed as an archival and educational tool. With the intention to encourage self-expression and the visibility of unique identities and makeup styles for all genders, races, and bodies. Many spreads include colored vellum sheets between pages, with some spreads printed on transparent vellum to create an interactive experience for readers. A few images were printed and either ripped or warped in the flatbed scanner, and later printed on transparency vellum. These choices allowed readers to apply color or to obstruct text as they read. The accompanying installation hosted by Northeastern Illinois University was intended to be displayed as a deconstructed version of the book.

Deliverables: Editorial, Exhibition Design, Art Direction, Print

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2024

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