Sandbox
Poster Design
Brochure Design
Sandbox’ brings forth the reality created by the artists to its audience. It explores the communicative role of fiction by engaging with the environment and object as a two-way street and seeing the "world as process" to communicate specific ideas. In worldbuilding, the communicative role of fiction engages in not only the content but the process of its creation and speculation, resulting in a communicative experiment - providing a space to create your own subjective sandcastles.
The exhibition juxtaposes sculpture, print, video and audio artwork to explore the dynamics between reality and fiction. The idea is realised through collaboration with Ditte Kroyer, Jennifer Elizabeth McNeil, Kathleen Crilly, Syautra Qotrunadha, and an excerpt from an in-depth conversation with PhD in Philosophycandidate Christopher Lynch Becherer.
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Poster and Assets Commission by Mollika Khandelwal for the Sandbox Exhibition at the Glasgow School of Art Student Association
Objective
Strategy
To visual capture and create a poster and a brochure for a curated exhibition celebrating contemporary artists exploring ideas of worldbuilding, escapism and fiction through various forms like writing, film, performance, architecture and design
A vivid green background with bright pink, blurred, and warped typography distorts perception, evoking a sense of shifting realities. Grunge and dystopian aesthetics introduce a raw, deconstructed feel, reinforced by torn paper elements that extend beyond boundaries, symbolizing limitless imagination. Inspired by the exhibition’s diverse mediums—sculpture, textiles, digital projection, and writing—the design disrupts traditional formats, creating a layered, tactile experience. This approach ensures the poster and leaflet go beyond promotion, actively drawing audiences into the speculative, otherworldly atmosphere of the exhibition.
Visual Approach
Colour & Typography
A vivid green background paired with bright pink, blurred, warped text creates a sense of distortion, symbolizing alternate realities and the blurred lines between fiction and reality.
Aesthetic Influence
Drawing from grunge and dystopian design, the visuals evoke a raw, fragmented atmosphere, reinforcing themes of deconstruction and reinvention.
Tactile & Layered Composition
The use of torn paper effects extending beyond the boundaries disrupts the conventional grid, mirroring the exhibition’s exploration of breaking limits across artistic mediums such as sculpture, textiles, digital projection, and writing.
Featured Artists
Jennifer McNeil
A multidisciplinary artist based in Glasgow, working in mediums including sculpture, photography, performance and painting.
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Tulpa - Shame Creatures Series (2023)
Poly/ cotton fabric, stuffing, wood, metal, epoxy resin​​​​
Kathleen Crilly
As a contemporary artist, Crilly uses traditional methods of marbling to create patterns on different surfaces.
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Big White Star
Marbled Magazine Article Printed on Silk​
130x100cm​​​​
Ditte Krøyer
A Danish interdisciplinary artist who specialises in Sculpture and Environmental Art and their work evolves through printmaking, installation, music and performance.
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'​​​Body of Sin
Sound of performance, 4:01 min
Syaura Qotrunadha
An Indonesian artist who likes experimenting with various mediums, including photography, interactive art, installations, and publication materials. Her work mostly talks about music, history, education and social issues.​
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Fluidity of the Future Machines (2021)
4K Projections
Chris Lynch Becherer
A PhD student at the University of Glasgow, studying world-building in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Awarded the 2015 Thomas Reid Bursa-ry, he was the co-editor of the creative writing journal From Glasgow to Saturn from 2015 to 2016 and co
-founder of the 2017 Glasgow International Fantasy Conversations symposium.
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Interview segment
