Visual Communication and Design Students exhibit their works
Cyprus International University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Visual Communication and Design Students displayed their works in the Exhibition Hall of Çevik Uraz Center.
Students taking the course Visual Communication and Basic Design 1 (VICD101CIU) offered by the Faculty of Communication, Department of Visual Communication and Design (DVCD) Lecturer Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eser Keçeçi, created these works exhibited in the Exhibition Hall.
Speaking at the opening of the exhibition, Dean of the Faculty of Communication, Prof. Dr. Aytekin İşman expressed his satisfaction with the work done by the students and said, "Our aim is to recognize the talents of our students and blend them with the education they receive." He stated that students developed different perspectives while producing their works, and added that these works will be valuable experiences for students in the future.
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Communication, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dilan Çiftçi reminded at the opening that the Departments of Visual Communication Design and Digital Game Design organized three exhibitions this past term, and pointed out that it is important for the students to have the opportunity to apply the theoretical knowledge they have learned within the scope of the said exhibition activities. Çiftçi also reminded that the Faculty of Communication participated in many events this past term, and stated that they will continue to offer student-centered education.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eser Keçeçi in her opening speech said that they tried to convey the basic principles and rules of design to students through the works they created within the scope of the exhibition, and emphasized the harmonic stance of design in the students' works; being in balance and harmony; unity, hierarchy of arrangement in order of importance, relationship of size and quantity relative to each other and also elements such as ratio - proportion and suitability.
Dr. Keçeçi also stated that they asked the students to work on the designs using supportive elements, and added that the metamorphosis technique was used in the visuals exhibited.
Keçeci stated that during the preparation process of the visuals, they wanted the students to choose an organic or inorganic object and transform this object in three stages, and shared the information that, "With this technique, our students transformed a clothes peg into a crocodile, a pomegranate into a human heart, or a compass into a ballerina."