Dublin School of Creative Arts | Despite the Circumstances

This year’s exhibition is different. As graduates, we have had to adapt to new and challenging circumstances. Moving to an online environment, we had to think of alternate ways to make our Graduate Exhibition come to life. In its translation into a digital space, the very real and tactile nature of the work we produce is obscured. In our daily lives, there is a sense of human and material touch which is equally obscured. Working from home, graduates are in a new environment. Their creative output extends into their domestic lives as their studies come to a close. It is the parallel between the materiality of our work and the absence of the sense touch that frames this year’s Graduate Exhibition.

This website presents the work of 102 graduating students from the TU Dublin School of Creative Arts, School of Mechanical and Design Engineering and School of Media. The exhibition represents the culmination of years of full-time study and gives our students the opportunity to showcase the results of their imagination, hard work, and creative skills.

Identity by Joana Ferreira, Hugh Kavanagh, Eva Martin, Ben Nagle.

TU Dublin School of Creative Arts
TU Dublin School of Mechanical and Design Engineering
TU Dublin School of Media

Visual Communication

Raha Jamal
Despite the Circumstances

This project emerged from unforeseen circumstances, based off of my unexpected location and current events. The spread of the coronavirus has caused a panic frenzy throughout the globe. The pandemic managed to transform the lives of people; closures and quarantine lifestyles have transformed the course of society. Living in the East, where societies are considered to be of collectivist nature, we are used to prioritizing others and overall safety; however, it seems like the entire world is working towards implementing a collectivist approach to help survive the pandemic. Taking these into account, I decided to take advantage of the situation; creating a photoessay to capture life during the pandemic, with the arrival of Ramadan and Eid. Representing the nature of a collectivist community during this time. This book works to document this reality through photography and quotes from the public regarding the topic. Capturing the absence of humanity within the streets of the usually frantic Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, contrasting with the interiors of domestic lifestyles, to represent hope. It utilized daunting imagery of of war-like voids, and haunted streets to symbolize unity.

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