Democratic Futures is a collaborative inquiry between BA Hons Graphic Arts students at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton and the Parliamentary Archives. The project explored the political archives of the 1872 Secret Ballot Act on its 150th anniversary and the implications of this act then, and now, to the democratic electoral system.
Democratic Futures launches with a publication and a series of takeover motion pieces and Showreel on the campus of Winchester School of Art as well as on social media. Providing an overview of work that was produced by BA Graphic Arts students in response to the brief Democratic Futures, set by the Parliamentary Archives.
_Credits
BA Graphics Arts
Direction
Jodie Silsby + George Davis- Ansted & Toby Wells
Special thanks toIan Jackson + Penny McMahon + Dem Gerolemou + Jonas Zieher + Andy Reaney & Prof. Ed D’Souza
Matt Slater
EditorAmy Mepham &
Tom Emery
Weihong Tang &
Ethan Read
Photographer Zhuoya Wei