Childhood traumas of living in a fatherless home

August 30, 2024

This thesis project from Erlis Zarishta, M.A. Communication Design, is an inquiry and exploration in the field of design that addresses the topic of living in a family in which the father is absent and its consequences.

  • Erlis Zarishta, M.A. Communications Design
  • Interactive moving image installation

Childhood traumas of living in a fatherless home

Summary of the thesis

How can the findings from research in combination with Erlis’s personal experience be captured, communicated and visualized through design?

The research consists of two parts, the theoretical part and the practical one. The theoretical part investigates the importance of fathering; meanwhile, in the practical part, the findings are be presented through a series of visual experiments.

The video is a compilation of some selected visual experiments that Erlis carried out during his project.