Dawn Mackenzie // Honours Student 2024
Throughout all my work I like to focus on human experience. The things that connect us.
In one of my larger projects, I explore horror through setting.
Fear is something that everyone has experienced in one way or another, and horror is a genre known for its social commentary and exploration of the unusual. I wanted to subvert expectations and make the traditionally comforting, unsettling.
I also had a chance to explore setting working as part of the set design team with Crow House Projects, to create a short horror film. This project has given me a chance to work in a professional environment within a large team of creatives.
A competition project I took part in was the War Child Secret 7 album cover design brief. I worked on a cover for ‘A Different Kind of Human’ by Aurora. Within this project I wanted to explore the idea of hope that the song expresses.
My last project is an exploration of beauty within the mundane, through a series of street photography. I wanted to capture an appreciation for the everyday. Throughout my photobook I ask the viewer to reflect and find the beauty within their own everyday.
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