Community Projects: Hospital Menus, School Programs, Dance Invitations, and T-Shirts
摘要
The Amache Silk Screen Shop printed commissions for Amache community organizations, in addition posters for the navy. The Shop workers provided materials that humanized the incarceration experience, shaped the visual landscape of the site, and allowed incarcerees to replicate some aspects of life before incarceration. These items included school brochures and programs, hospital menus, T-shirts for youth organizations, and dance invitations. The Shop workers also produced decorative prints (intended for display) for sale to incarcerees. This chapter places these community commissions in the context of graphic design influences and generational divides. These images rarely refer to the circumstances of incarceration, nor do they include any traditionally Japanese motifs. The works display contemporary graphic conventions as seen on consumer goods—including the newspapers, magazines, and catalogs received by Amacheans—and in the design manuals and professional trade publications used by the Shop.