From Freedom to Comfort — Conference Poster

An illustrated poster commissioned for the Islamic Human Rights Commission’s annual Islamophobia Conference, From Freedom to Comfort: How the State Redefined Conscience as Extremism. The artwork responds to themes of protest, surveillance and the policing of political expression.

The composition contrasts a large, diverse crowd of protesters with a police officer painting over their messages, using the act of censorship as a visual metaphor for the silencing and control of dissent.