IDIOMSYNCRATIC

IDIOMSYNCRATIC

Idiomsyncratic are looped-animations that use digital and paper collage paired with sounds to explore idioms, media narratives and children’s stories (the way we tell the story of the world to children in songs, the use of archetypes in cartoons and the cultural narratives they perpetuate).

GOOD APPLES BLOW WHISTLES

Good Apples Blow Whistles is a counter-narrative meme about the  use of the expression “a few bad apples” to excuse police brutality and killings. The archetype of the crossing guard and those in uniform with safety whistles are themes that run through children’s cartoons and storybooks. If there are bad apples in the world and systems we’ve created, what is the role of the good apples?