We discussed the idea of the binary opposition in great length this term. This is the idea that linguistic meaning can ultimately only be found in the pairing of opposite terms: there is no hot without cold, light without dark, or alive without dead. Furthermore, basic binary oppositions are often correlated or 'supervened' onto other pairs of terms in order to create meaning. Identify some of the more striking visual terms in your OAC (original album cover) that can be reversed, and then perform that operation.
My interpretation of the OAC:
There are a couple different oppositions at work, and I chose a few to reverse…
My redesign:
First, the boy is now looking down, instead of up. Whatever he is looking at is smaller than him, rather than larger.
The boy and the cable are drawn, in a real space. In the OAC the boy is opposed to the industrial cable and the industrial, imaginary space. Now the background is what seems to stand out the most, rather than the photo of the boy in the OAC.
The background is also clean, and brighter. It's a room where you could expect a child to be safe in.
The boy and the cable are drawn, in a real space. In the OAC the boy is opposed to the industrial cable and the industrial, imaginary space. Now the background is what seems to stand out the most, rather than the photo of the boy in the OAC.
The background is also clean, and brighter. It's a room where you could expect a child to be safe in.
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