"Aqs – Reflection” – healing the relationship between man and nature
The aim of this thesis was to explore and reflect upon the topic “healing the divide between man and nature”, bringing into light how “anthropocentrism” has resulted in over-exploitation of nature. This motion comic explores the hardships faced by climate refugees in a dystopian world, where nature has turned against man. By doing so a situation as dire as disrupting the water cycle due to deforestation and continued usage of non-renewable resources is visualized through symbolism, so that the viewer may ponder over the impact they have on the environment.
Irhah Arshad
Communication Design
"Aqs – Reflection” – healing the relationship between man and nature
The aim of this thesis was to explore and reflect upon the topic “healing the divide between man and nature”, bringing into light how “anthropocentrism” has resulted in over-exploitation of nature. This motion comic explores the hardships faced by climate refugees in a dystopian world, where nature has turned against man. By doing so a situation as dire as disrupting the water cycle due to deforestation and continued usage of non-renewable resources is visualized through symbolism, so that the viewer may ponder over the impact they have on the environment.
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Aqs Motion Comic
This scene further highlights how water scarcity impacts the environment by illustrating a barren landscape with depleting environmental resources.
As the story unfolds, the protagonist Shahmir is introduced. He has grown up listening to the stories of a water spirit by the lake and is deeply saddened and angered by its complete abandonment at a time of need.
His anger and desperation manifests into hallucinations of water resources and a haunting image of the water spirit. Eventually forcing him to embark on a journey to confront the spirit.
This scene depicts his hallucination of the lake. The lake itself takes its reference from Hanna Lake in Balochistan and how it had dried up multiple times due to climate change.
This image visualizes the water spirit as derived from Balochi folklore.
This scene depicts the actual state of the lake upon his arrival after an excruciating difficult journey.
The finale takes place in the spirit world as Shahmir’s hallucinations get the better of him, transporting him to the water spirit itself, as it unveils the reasons for mankind’s suffering.
