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Student Showcase Archive
Show RCA 2019

Liam Johnstone

Show RCA work

  • At The Heart Of The Crystal Expanse

    At The Heart Of The Crystal Expanse, Liam Johnstone 2019
    Publication
    A5

  • At The Heart Of The Crystal Expanse

    At The Heart Of The Crystal Expanse, Liam Johnstone 2018
    Flyer/Poster

  • Blind Corners

    Blind Corners, Liam Johnstone 2018
    Moving Image

  • Blind Corners

    Blind Corners, Liam Johnstone 2018
    Installation

  • Propland: Reprogramming Television Centre

    Propland: Reprogramming Television Centre, Liam Johnstone (with Jake Pardoe and Yuanbo Jiang) 2018
    Publication

  • Propland: Reprogramming Television Centre

    Propland: Reprogramming Television Centre, Liam Johnstone (with Jake Pardoe and Yuanbo Jiang) 2018
    Publication

  • Propland: Reprogramming Television Centre

    Propland: Reprogramming Television Centre, Liam Johnstone (with Jake Pardoe and Yuanbo Jiang) 2018
    Publication

  • Open-Crits Sustainlab

    Open-Crits Sustainlab, Liam Johnstone 2018/19
    Poster
    A3

  • Thru The Looking Glass

    Thru The Looking Glass, Liam Johnstone 2019
    CD

  • Thru The Looking Glass

    Thru The Looking Glass, Liam Johnstone 2019
    CD

  • Published In Heaven

    Published In Heaven, Liam Johnstone (with Eilis Searson) 2017
    Confetti

  • Published In Heaven

    Published In Heaven, Liam Johnstone (with Eilis Searson) 2017
    Moving Image

Major project:

At The Heart Of The Crystal Expanse

Documentation of the regeneration of housing estates in Thamesmead, south east London. The project aims to preserve the voice and experience of residents affected by the demolition and redevelopment of the site in its state of transition.

In the resulting publication, the experience of the regeneration is expressed first-hand through four interviews with residents directly and indirectly affected. The interviews are encased within a science fiction narrative, which serves to expand and exaggerate the tensions and contradictions present between each active agent in the regeneration.

Info

  • A research-led designer working with publications, typography and moving image.

    My practice combines documentary research, narrative storytelling and satire to explore the human voice and experience inside broader social structures.

  • Previous degrees

  • BA Graphic Arts and Design, Leeds Beckett University, 2016
  • Exhibitions

  • All Sorts, LS6 Cafe, Leeds, 2014; Rejected Content, The BASE, Leeds, 2014; Creative Beings, White Cloth Gallery, Leeds, 2014; After Nature EEA, Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale, Norway, 2015; Quatre Cinq, Wharf Chambers, Leeds, 2015; inFLUX, Gallery at Munro House, Leeds, 2016; I miss you forever and ever Norway xoxo, blip blip blip, Leeds, 2016; Misc. Leeds Beckett degree show, Broadcasting Place, Leeds, 2016; &Model/North Brewing Co, North Brewing Co, Leeds, 2016; Research, Design, Publish, Peckham Liberal Club, London, 2018
Royal College of Art