Tracing paper

Using layers to build up images is an effective way of conveying time and also memory. I wanted to see how I could address the passage of time and loss of memory through the design of the text without using accompanying imagery.

I designed and printed the text so that the story is only on the right hand page. As you read the text you can faintly see what is on the next page, which creates some confusion as you are presented with three layers of text over each other. The page on the left is still visible but mirrored, as as you turn more pages gets lost in more text and buried under more layers of tracing paper.

The intended effect of this was for the page you are reading to be clear, and pages you are going to read or have read getting fainter and fainter the further from the point in the story you are at. This relates directly to the passing of time and memory of the main character. Memories of past events fade as you progress, only the present is clear, and even that isn't without confusion.