Cornell University Media Studies․
Siren Echoes․
I designed the print and digital posters for Cornell University’s Siren Echoes: Sound, Image, and the Media of Antiquity conference. The theme for the conference highlighted one of Cornell’s strengths in the field of media studies: attentiveness to the long historical span of media, going right back to the ancient world.
It was important to the client that I incorporate an intaglio ring featuring an ancient siren that relates to many of the themes discussed in the conference, but with a more contemporary edge. We chose to play with the relationship between analogue and digital forms of image-making, especially as the seal-ring is an important medium of transmission and reproduction in Ancient Greek thought because of its ability to create impressions.
The siren works as a metaphor for song and the transmission of sound (especially as here the siren is playing the double flute), as a metaphor for desire (and the impossibility of ever getting close to the object one desires), as a symbol of mediation (conveyed by the wings), and the idea of the animal as a medium (as in her bird-like body).
Media Objects․
I designed the print and digital posters for Cornell University’s Media Objects conference, which were conceptualized as a sequel to Siren Echoes: Sound, Image, and the Media of Antiquity. A primary goal of the conference was to showcase several of Cornell’s unique media collections, highlighting Cornell’s historically broad approach to media, as well as its very wide interdisciplinarity.
Additionally, each part of the conference was also represented by a variation of the original poster.
Minor in Media Studies․
I designed the print and digital posters to announce Cornell University’s Minor in Media Studies conference. Cornell Media Studies is unique for its broad cultural scope and historical reach which fosters collaborative interaction among the disciplines, from Classics to Information Science. The minor presents undergraduates with the opportunity for interdisciplinary engagement with diverse modes of communication, from the hieroglyph to the algorithm, encompassing the myriad technologies, forms, and practices by which information circulates amongst a now digitally-networked global population.
