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MANY MOUTHS MAKE A MONOLOGUE PROCESS
Culture & Heritage | Information Design | Interactive Design | Print | Community

OutcomeProcessThis project began with interviews with the two main sources of my heritage — my parents. I later expanded the research through an open call, gathering responses from people online, in person, and across generations about their experiences of being mixed race.

These interviews became the foundation for the rest of the project. I explored a range of mediums, each chosen for how they connect to one or both sides of my heritage. The results through both medium and dialogue became a visual, authentic reflection of the liminal space of mixed identity.

Throughout, I tracked which side of my heritage I felt more connected to based on the dialogues I was having. Interestingly, the less connected I felt to my Ethiopian roots, the more drawn I was to exploring them. In Ethiopian culture, tactility & conversation is central — in the way people connect, eat, and talk— so tactile mediums like printmaking, fabric and poetry stood out as meaningful tools.

For the final appendix and poster, I decided that the questions I had and conversations & quotes from others were the most pertinent. So I began experimenting with scale, layout, and bookbinding techniques to tie all the content together in a physical reflection of my developing internal monologue in tandem with collective polylogue.


Final Research - Ringbound ‘Dos-à-Dos’ style - echoing the dialogue between my dual heritage that ultimately forms a single, blended monologue.

Appendix Experimentation - French Fold; Japanese Binding; Concertina’s; Translucent Paper; Waterfall Bind; Mixed Page Lengths
Internal Monologue Poem - ‘It’s Hard To Know’ - exploring liminality through gel plate prints and the feelings of what it’s like to not feel black ‘enough’ . 



Fabric as a way to connect to my ethiopian heritage. Experimenting with CitraSolv to transfer images of my mum’s heritage showing the slight disconnect


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