Lockdown Mindscape
A visual documentation of the global pandemic
‘Lockdown Mindscape’ is a visual documentation of how we are experiencing the global pandemic in 2020. I asked friends in various international locations to send me their physical and introspective views. The result is a geometric interpretation of mixed emotions in the form of bilingual motion posters.
In collaboration with motion designer Chris Sellars-Meadmore.
Joe’s View in California: Emotional Rollercoaster
“These days we have been on an emotional rollercoaster...The sun makes a big difference.”, says Joe Stitzlein, Co-Founder & Creative Director of Stitzlein Studio in the sunny Bay Area. The US was still in lockdown, but Joe was hopeful that the summer would bring the return of clients and seeing friends.
Si’s View in Shanghai: ‘Almost’ Normal
“The longest and shortest winter-spring ever. Our 2019 paper snow decoration is still hanging in the window, and yet 2020 summer arrives. While life is starting to go back to normal, it feels as though four months passed quietly.”
Si Liu, Co-founder of BRU:D, was now enjoying the “almost” normality in Shanghai.
Sylvain’s View in Berlin:
A Sense of Direction
“When I look through this window, I see a lot of geometry and some surprising combinations of colours. It makes me feel like I am in a village (in the context of Berlin being such a large city). It gives me a sense of direction because of the perspective. It calms me down.”, says Sylvain Lierre, a French marketeer in Berlin.
“A pandemic was not something that Berlin would get into a panic about. As a city, it has seen it all. While life might have slowed down, there was no fear to be felt."
As seen on Creative Boom
Credit
Artist: MAMIMU (June Mineyama-Smithson)
The Show Windows is curated by Charlie Levene, co-produced in partnership with Coventry City of Culture Trust, Coventry Business Improvement District, RIBA and funded by Arts Council England.
Motion Graphics & LED installation by Bluman Associates
Vinyl Production & installation by The Big Ink Tank
Photography by Theo Deproost