This workshop will explore the language and function of placards through the prism of Peanuts, the iconic long-running comic strip created by Charles Schulz. The placard is a recurring motif in Peanuts and is often used as a way of the non vocal characters (ie. Snoopy, Woodstock) to communicate with the other characters. This workshop is a chance for young people and those often excluded from society’s current crucial conversations to communicate their views.
Some of the contributions may be photographed and included within a new artwork by Somerset House Studios Resident Matthew Plummer Fernandez to be displayed within the exhibition Good Grief, Charlie Brown! The artwork entitled Echo Youth will use Augmented Reality to produce mass demonstration scenes composed of placards made during a series of workshops with different groups here at Somerset House.
