Student: Commended

摘要

Immigrating to the UK as a young girl, the nostalgia associated with Areesha Khalid's childhood home is channelled here through a fictional magazine cover, 'Diaspora Digest' that dreamily re-presents past recollections. Both Arinjoy Sen and Neal Shasore responded instinctively to its cultural candour while contentiously adopting an almost Herge-like language. Sen agreed with Shasore's view of this image as 'more experimental, communicating both mood and atmosphere', while Jiricna enjoyed its well-rendered sense of fun, saying it exhibited an 'almost childlike understanding of memory'. That sense of naive exposition was carried through in Khalid's supplementary Lloyd's of London image, making overt theatre of the organisation's hidden . narratives and agendas; her intervention allowing for its 'virtual reality trading performances'. But it was Khalid's 'hold the front page' past reflections, shown here, that earned her the commendation.