Retweet by Lois Majek-odunmi

RETWEET.

LOIS MAJEK-ODUNMI, ARTIST, LEEDS ART UNIVERSITY.

Titled “Retweet” this project explores the significance of memes in the 21st century. With the help of the internet it is a lot easier to express your voice and opinion online through a comedic format such a memes. I question whether it is easier to laugh off particular hard hitting issues that we face on a daily basis and whether by downplaying these serious problems we are using humour to heal or educate? In particular I have chosen to highlight the fetishation of women of colour and the black body. Each illustrated response has been influenced by particular scenarios that friends and I have experienced which I’ve tried to articulate visually through illustrated designs.