This online exhibition showcases 23 new works of interaction design from students of the MA Interaction Design Communication at the London College of Communication UAL. These works were all produced during the lockdown of March-May 2020, and demonstrate the shift from physical to digital practice demanded by the crisis, and the anxieties and uncertainties that the present and future held.
Transformation & Transmission
During the lockdown, each student in this entirely international cohort had to either fly home suddenly, or shelter in place somewhere that was still strange and somewhat unknown to many of them. They were disconnected from each other – and from the community of practice they had been building throughout the year.
The projects in this garden cover a range of topics, styles, and approaches; from games, to interactive films, to machine-learning-enabled websites. What binds them together is that they are all documents of the shift from physical to digital interaction that was demanded of students who suddenly had to work remotely. However, under the surface of each work is evidence of the particular global anxieties and uncertainties that these artists and designers were working with, creating a compelling historical record of this unique moment in time.
Credit: Zhuqing Xiao
Credit: Chujia Shen
Credit: Shuai Ma
Credit: Xinda Xu
Credit: Mariana Marangoni
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Project Credits / Acknowledgements
These projects were made with support from the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.
