Don't Look Under My Sink

Embracing my Personal Voice

Embracing my Personal Voice

Project

Pre-Thesis Final Year

Year

2024

Credits

Devangana Dash

Info

Editorially, Yours is a pre-thesis project by Semester-7 students of Visual Communication and Strategic Branding. Through our visual anthology titled Dont Look Under My Sink we attempt to reclaim our personal voices in a world rife with AI, where mass- generated content taints everything we engage with. This is us reaching out for all the neglected parts of our persona lingering under the sink, purposefully forgotten in a sea of polished performative personas.

People who made this possible

Devangana Dash for her support, guidance and advice through the ups and downs as project mentor; Nihaal Faizal and Sarasija Subramanian (Reliable Copy) for introducing us to independent and experimental publishing; Alaka Kavallur for sharing her journaling practice, helping us explore personal voice; Sukruti Anah Stanley (The Caravan) for foundational guidance on editorial layout, content, and collective work; Bharath Murthy and Canato Jimo for insights into comics and picture books that shaped our visual narratives; Samhita Arni for tools to reimagine personal experiences; Junuka Deshpande for her embodied workshop on storytelling; Jeena Mary Chacko for crucial narrative frameworks and feedback; Vasvi Oza, Shubhshee Mathur, and Priyankar Gupta for their critical and constructive input; Loreto Basumatary, Arushi Kulkarni, Niyati Gupta, Achintya Pradhan,Catherine Thomas,Srinidhi Sairamakrishnan, Nalini Rajeev, Eshwar Venkatesh, Dev Ramachandran, Aarushi Kakkar, Sitara Philip, Manasi Sagdeo, Arshia Desai, Anu Chanana, Adya Girdhar, Ellora Puri, Aditya Sonawane and Rachna Takshak for their interviews with their take on mentorship and their lived experiences and Srishti Pabra, Shaina Bhatia, Aarushi Jhamb, Tanishka Khattar, Ipshita Raj, Soutreyi Mandal, Rayana B. Singh, Drishti Singh, Aditi Karthik, Kanak Agarwal, Rochelle Fernandes, Yashvi Desai, Aiman Tauqir, Chandni Tekwani, Omisha Pashilkar, Samyuktha Udupa, Avani Vartak, Aryaki Joonwar and Nupur Mistry for making this anthology what it is with their teamwork and hardworking spririt.