masterwork
Radical Optimism
My masterwork highlights the senselessness of creative self-exploitation among female graphic design students in a social context where the existence of projects addressing the lack of leading female graphic designers has been ubiquitous for a long time; however, change is yet to happen. The product is a video installation that immerses us in the optimistic environment of a typified future character—a perpetually working female graphic designer. To a place where feelings and thoughts such as fatigue and uncertainty have become unwelcome expressions. In order to achieve the desired future (a position that is highly valued in the profession), these feelings are considered hindrances and need to be hidden. Another element of the project is a website that presents the concerns that women working in the field have about the future, while also highlighting the possibilities that lie ahead of them.
thesis
Enabling feminist education
Women artists are rarely, if ever, discussed in the Hungarian art higher education scene and related trainings. This is rather peculiar, as, against all odds, we encounter a plethora of highly talented artists creating feminist art not only today but throughout the centuries. Additionally, internationally, there have been innumerable specific educational plans, experiments, research projects, courses, schools etc. trialling the integration of feminist curriculum and pedagogy into art higher education. My research seeks to assess whether the equal representation of feminist art (alongside with all other movements) would help develop the critical thinking of graphic design students in art higher education in Hungary. As a crucial part of my research, I attempt to formulate potential outcomes by analysing the Brawe feminist arts collective. My research has made me aware that there is indeed a great need for the continued presence of extracurricular movements (similar to Brawe) so they can provide alternatives that may even merge with formal education over time.
