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# Project Description "It Transcended Its Architecture" Bethany Faulkner Summary Final work Bethany Faulkner is a graphic and user experience designer who tells complex visual stories of place to challenge and inform. Bethany Faulkner is a graphic and user experience designer who tells complex visual stories of pl... College London College of Communication Course MA Graphic Media Design Graduation year 2024 This woven tapestry utilizes the methodology of "counter-mapping" - the practice of mapping "against dominant power structures to reclaim stories and memories of place" ( Counter Mapping 2021 ) - to challenge the public and political narratives of decay and crime around South London's Aylesbury Estate through a collection of tenant stories. A companion book accompanies the woven counter-map to make legible the full collection of tenant quotes with the support of images from 60 years of Aylesbury history and artwork. Final work Wikipedia's default photo of the Aylesbury Estate comprises the warp, emphasizing scale and external perception. Most work on the Aylesbury Estate fixates on the massive deteriorating facade as a spectacle of "deprivation". The internal tenant experience acts as a running counter-narrative along the weft. It challenges the stigma imposed on the Aylesbury and its residents with complex stories of love, community, struggle, and grief. The nature of woven strands conveys the fragility and interconnectedness of the memories and community of the Aylesbury. Companion Book Booklet of full collection of tenant quotes gathered by researchers, activists, journalists, and tenants themselves. From the book and namesake of this project: “ It transcended its architecture. It was a place where many friendships were formed, where many important conversations were had. These houses had been built on it. They had been built on my memories... I felt like they had displaced something that was so significant to me and my friends.” TYRELL WILLIAMS, former Aylesbury Estate resident Research and process MA GMD Woven Tapestry Process Share this project This woven tapestry utilizes the methodology of "counter-mapping" - the practice of mapping "against dominant power structures to reclaim stories and memories of place" (<a href="https://www.516arts.org/exhibitions/counter-map... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Activism Craft & Process Histories Places & Spaces Social Justice Cartography GraphicDesign Paper Textiles
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