Peace Projects
Japan Field Study Summer 25’
“PEACE PILLS”
Nuclear Deterrence is not peace, it is a false panacea.
Nuclear disarmament Treaties promise restraint, but remain incomplete or unratified. Peace built on fear is no peace at all. True peace between nations will not come from threats; it can only arrive from trust and understanding. I hope that cooler heads will prevail in my generation or in those to come and the dismantling of these weapons can be more than a hope.
Visual Language: This piece pulls ideas from mid-century ads and health campaigns. Nearly ordinary, yet heavy and unsettling with further examination. The texture used on this poster is from a poster I photographed at the Japanese Peace Museum in Hiroshima. I would also call attention to the typeface used for body copy. Routed Gothic, selected from our limited type palette, is based on a historic default engraving font called Gorton, in use since the early 1900s. Slightly off-putting yet widely used on plaques and machinery, its familiar strangeness complimented the feel I was looking for.
“Peace Resounds.”
Motion Poster & Sound Design
My thoughts about peace started at: “Who do we owe peace to?” But something felt strange about that phrase. Yes, in that sense, there is the proverbial hatchet: something we ought to bury between a friend, a brother, a parent, or even ourselves. Something that holds us back from achieving peace. But I came to the realization, no one is owed peace.
Who are we to give peace to others? Peace is more ethereal, with difficult conditions to achieve. It is something we must cultivate within ourselves. Peace is not passive. We must protect and speak for peace, whether it be our own or that of others. Peace is a personal endeavor, and it is of great communal interest. That is loftier peace, one that a whole community can share.
There are those who, intentionally or not, threaten the peace of communities across the world. There are those for whom the calls for peace fall on closed ears. But peace, through the power of peaceful souls, educated minds, and those who speak out for it, will go on. By recognizing the humanity we share, peace will resonate.
Sketches & Other Concepts