Ulysses / Chapter 11. Sirens
These visual interpretations are from my postgraduate practices, which are part of the Message/Audience/Context unit to define a target audience as a commission by James Joyce if he desires to re-envision a chapter of Ulysses for a new audience in the 21st century.
Contextualize & Experiments
To approach the task based on chapter 11 of Ulysses (1920). I focused on contextualizing it into various visual responses and experimenting with visual metaphors created by different techniques.
To approach the task based on chapter 11 of Ulysses (1920). I focused on contextualizing it into various visual responses and experimenting with visual metaphors created by different techniques.
Following the name of the chapter "Siren." I used a visual metaphor to create the surrealist object to talk
about the Sirens. It is designed to look like a perfume bottle to represent feminine appeal and, inside, shows Siren’s Belly, a pile of bones. Having experienced this, I now feel excited to explore and establish myself in a new territory of the design
aspect. Most importantly, I have learned to work outside the drawing discipline. I have developed the ability to use the visual metaphor to enchant the narrative technique.
about the Sirens. It is designed to look like a perfume bottle to represent feminine appeal and, inside, shows Siren’s Belly, a pile of bones. Having experienced this, I now feel excited to explore and establish myself in a new territory of the design
aspect. Most importantly, I have learned to work outside the drawing discipline. I have developed the ability to use the visual metaphor to enchant the narrative technique.
After that, I went back to the original text, especially on episode 11: Sirens unique opening, after experimenting with the text's alignment. I saw the fragmented sentences as a swamp butterfly metaphorically as the words can fly around and re-appear throughout the episode. It inspired me to work towards a visual metaphor to depict a text and re-imagine those contexts by comparing them with something relatable to our daily life. For example, suppose we identify a flower as a sexual organ of a plant. When I combine a flower with a female shape, it could metaphorically signify the seduction and sex appeal of the woman. From this, I have learned to use visual metaphors to enhance my interpretation.
According to the exercise, I challenged myself to convey the novel’s essence
following the brief appropriately by focusing on the episode’s main character. I tried to
develop my illustration more suggestively and aimed to allow the audiences to engage
more by giving them a space for their self-interpretation.
following the brief appropriately by focusing on the episode’s main character. I tried to
develop my illustration more suggestively and aimed to allow the audiences to engage
more by giving them a space for their self-interpretation.
