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It's Alive!

Visualizing Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

With Loyola Marymount University's ART 333 class, Fall 2020:
Kaitlyn Behrens, Kellen Chan, Lacey Chappel, Aimee Clive, Jenica Rose Garcia, Tyler Haugh, Micah Jordan, Rogers Knopik, Adriana Kock, Bridget O'Connor, Remy Rogers, Emily Ronnenberg,
& Kayla Terry
Graduate Assitant: Ilyse Kullman
Instructor: Brenno Kenji Kaneyasu

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Careful reading of the original 1818 text suggests surprising visual directions, which inform our first Patchwork Exercise.

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The class takes an introspective turn with the Mirror Exercise, which challenges us to visualize the True Self, as well as the Stranger and Monster that dwell within us.

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We are beginning to understand the monster as a powerful metaphor, capable of crossing boundaries and bringing together what appears to be different. With this discovery in mind, we revisit the Patchwork Exercise.

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All the while, we study graphic novels and their conventions: shape psychology, framing, abstraction, and panel logic.

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Finally, eight of us present our discoveries in the form of original, Frankenstein-inspired graphic narratives.

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Meanwhile, five of us produce
a short film that documents our explorations.

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