Collective: Field Trip

My initial ideas were too wacky and ambitious. Although it would be a lot of fun to propose these outrageous plans, they would be too complex for us to cover in one presentation. We are illustrators and our skills are in ILLUSTRATION. We can of course propose working with other tradespeople etc but it would be much simpler to present a collective product that we could produce competently.

We decided that a publication would be a better idea. This would be simple and relevant for all of our work. We could all contribute to a publication that would celebrate our work and our practice.

Examples of collectives we were interested in:

Printed Pages, It's Nice That.

A collection of illustration, articles and content in a physical magazine.

Similar in context, sold in Colours May Vary. Contemporary and bought by creatives.

Cabinet Magazine, A Quarterly of Art and Culture.

Themes, interpretations, topics. Similar in content to how we intend to tackle unusual subjects through research and document them all in one publication.

A publication would not stop me from making. It could actually be better for my practice since it would expose my unusual and atypical approach to illustration to a wider audience. Less specialised and niche, a broader context and perhaps more interesting in a publication where you'd expect to see illustrations. It would be a platform for our work.

Several brainstorms later, we established that a shared interest in our group is research. A passion for finding things and a curious nature brings our work together. 

This is where the name 'Field Trip' came into being. We want our publication to be an exploration of topics in each issue that we could each investigate and interpret in illustrations.

There was some discussion about audience. Some of the group thought that our publication would be suitable for all ages, which I understand in that our content may have a broad appeal and be inclusive to a range of demographics but I think it's important to have a clear intended audience to aim towards.