UAL Awarding Body – Foundation Unit 7- Project Proposal

Candidate Name Candidate Number Candidate Number Pathway Project Title

Odysseus Miltiadous 96519217 Graphic Design

Can we rely on the government to act in our best interest? Section 1: A review of progress and achievement through parts 1 & 2 of the course (Approx 150 words) The first and second stage of my foundation have helped me to gain insight into which techniques I like to work with, and which are best suited when working towards a specific goal. Whilst experimenting, I have realised my preferred methods consist of satire and working with zines. The most important thing I have learnt is that having variety within your work is key. Therefore, even though I have a preferred selection of methods, this does not necessarily mean I should work with this media for every project that I do. In terms of my personal progress, I feel I have become more diverse within my work and am now able to take into consideration some of the more important factors when creating an outcome. For example, thinking about the target audience I’m aiming to connect with and how my work differs when designed for specific locations of presentation.

Section 2: Project Concept (approx 250 words) Background and key points: I want to explore the role of the government and the social implications of their actions and/failings. I will focus on recent health and safety failures, in particular, the Grenfell Tower Incident and failure by the government to: • • •

prevent the incident in the first place (including a failure to respond to concerns regarding building regulations made by fire safety professionals). safeguard those affected (including a failure to re-house, magnified by the housing crisis and the failure of successive governments to ensure access to affordable housing). act to ensure that the incident does not happen again – and a broader failure to act within a framework where there needs to be failure before there can be a review.

Example of similar campaigns: I want to look at some campaigns that scrutinize the government by identifying certain issues that are deemed unpopular. Examples being work by Lincoln Agnew, Honoré Daumier, Banksy, Barry Blitt and Ai Weiwei.

The creative challenge: Fundamentally, the government is elected on the mandate of the people and they do, whether intentionally or by incompetence, neglect their responsibilities to society. Audience: The target audience is a younger demographic,18-21 years olds. I want to instill a message to young people that they cannot assume that the government always acts competently and in the best interests of society. They may not fail intentionally, but young people need to ensure that they hold the government to account. Outcome: I will create a brutally truthful campaign that exposes failings the government.

Section 3: Evaluation (approx 100 words) My work will serve a purpose in raising awareness of the importance that a well informed electorate has on holding the government to account. The electorate has a responsibility to participate and they cannot simply assume that the government makes the right decisions. I want to make this message to the electorate early as they first begin to exercise their right to vote. I will bring home this point in an emotional and serious way by using the Grenfell Tower Incident, which encapsulates the essence of my message, where the government’s acts led to devastation (and how this could have been prevented with a more politically active society). Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format)

1- Keyte, M (2015/12 December) Top 10 Cleverest Satirical Artworks Available at: https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/articles/top-10-cleverest-satirical-artworks/ (22/02/18) 2- All Government Lies (2016/ 07/06/17) Available at: https://allgovernmentslie.com/lies (22/02/18) 3- Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository, (2017) File:Honoré Daumier Gargantua.jpg, [illus] Available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Honoré_Daumier_-_Gargantua.jpg (22/02/18)

4- Banksy, (not known) If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes politics [Graffiti]. Public streets, London.

5- Rose-Ackerman, Susan (1999 ) Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform, New York: Cambridge University Press 6- Minton Beddoes, Z. (2018). The Economist, (9079), pp.11, 16, 37, 42 and 43.

7- RT UK (2015) Daniel Ellsberg on government lies & surveillance state | Going Underground. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYd1GaETYaA (23/02/18)

8- The Film Archives (2013) How Governments Lie: Daniel Ellsberg Interview - Politics, Watergate & Pentagon Papers (1987). Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6zf64Hzt80 (23/02/18) 9- Shariatmadari, D (Fri 9 Jun 2017 11.56 BST) They lied and lied and lied: why the Tories are the real party of chao. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/09/conservatives-tories-generalelection-lies-instability-party-of-chaos (23/02/18) 10- 11/8/16 (2017) Directed by Duane Andersen, Don Argott, Yung Chang, Garth Donovan, Petra Epperlein, Vikram Gandhi, Raul Gasteazoro, J. Gonçalves, Andrew Grace, Alma Har'el, Sheena M. Joyce, Daniel Junge, Alison Klayman, Ciara Lacy, Martha Shane, Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Bassam Tariq and Michael Tucker [Film] USA: The Orchard. 11- En.wikipedia.org. (2018). List of political scandals in the United Kingdom. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_scandals_in_the_United_Kingdom (23/02/18) 12- EISINGER, D (2013/JUL 03) The 50 Most Political Art Pieces of the Past 15 Years. Available at: http://www.complex.com/style/2013/07/new-political-art/ (23/02/18)

13- Montgomery Flagg, J. (1917). I want you. [Four color print] USA.

14- Ortiz-Ospina /Roser, E/M ( 10 October, 2016) Corruption. Available at: https://ourworldindata.org/corruption (23/02/18)

15- Alltime10s (2016) 10 People Who Exposed Government Secrets. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-g-7gdsKy4 (23/02/18)

16- Roberts, J (Tuesday 27 Feb 2018 5:24 pm) One of last people pulled from Grenfell Tower dies seven months later Available at: http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/27/one-last-people-pulled-grenfell-tower-dies-sevenmonths-later-7346680/ (23/02/18)

17- BBC News (13 December 2017) London fire: A visual guide to what happened at Grenfell Tower. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40301289 (23/02/18) 18- Santan Dave (2017) Dave - Question Time. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ff6CjYBhoI (23/02/18) 19- Sarah, Dixon, K ,H (16 JUNE 2017 • 12:56AM) Eight failures that left people of Grenfell Tower at mercy of the inferno. Available at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/15/eight-failures-left-people-grenfelltower-mercy-inferno/ (23/02/18) 20- Booth,R (Wed 21 Jun 2017 18.07 BST) Grenfell Tower: 16 council inspections failed to stop use of flammable claddin. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/uknews/2017/jun/21/grenfell-tower-16-council-inspections-failed-to-stop-use-of-flammablecladding (23/02/18) 21- Sky News (2017) Documentary: The Fire of London. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h4Eu-Ynysk (23/02/18)





Project Action Plan and Timetable W e e k 1

Date Week Beginning

Activity / What you are intending to do - including independent study

Resources / What you will need to do it - including access to workshops

th 5 March

Secondary research into government (corruption, war secrets and lies)

Using online sources from the Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format)

2

th 12 March

Primary research (Photography)

Going out taking photos and creating questionnaires and viewing responses

3

th 19 March

Exhibitions

Note making and sketches at a exhibition

4

th 26 March

Initial ideas & experimentations

Sketchbooks and previewing different medias such as visual, digital and film focused ideas

5

nd 2 April

More experimentation and criticism

6

th 9 April

Development

7

th 16 April

8

rd 23 April





Making of final outcome

Continue process of previous week, using programs like Photoshop and illustrator and also physical techniques, seeking constructive criticism from my peers and tutors Working from the feed back that I’ve received from my peers and tutor to finalise my work before making Using resources that I decide on for my final out come, incorporating a range of skills and methods

Finalise outcome in prep for completion

Print and or display my final outcome