Book by studioKALEIDO for National Arts Council

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CLIENT

Nation­al Arts Coun­cil’s Sil­ver Arts Pro­gramme advo­cates the mean­ing­ful pos­si­bil­i­ties seniors have in the arts, believ­ing that seniors can age cre­ative­ly, devel­op­ing pro­grammes with artists and com­mu­ni­ty part­ners that cel­e­brate par­tic­i­pa­tion in the arts, and inclu­siv­i­ty in aging.

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BRIEF

To cre­ate a project from scratch that would engage senior cit­i­zens with youth writ­ers, explor­ing the mem­o­ries of both whilst impart­ing lit­er­ary devices that both groups could use to record. Cre­at­ed over six ses­sions, the writ­ing was com­piled into a book which cap­tured the essence of the collaboration.

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APPROACH

The design of the book was com­part­men­tal­ized, as inspired by the idea of frag­men­ta­tion in an equa­tion. We cre­at­ed a dual-spine book con­tain­ing the seniors’ writ­ings on one side and the youths on the oth­er, so that they could be read simul­ta­ne­ous­ly as it unfolds. If one should so desire, it could fold back togeth­er to view the writ­ings lin­ear­ly, like a reg­u­lar book.