Hi Jeremy,
It is interesting how well the main image that you have designed for
'WarMail', relates to the references you have posted. This shows an
attention to fine detail, not just with respect to the colour used, but
also the form and composition. The triangle used in 'WarMail'
symbolically could be associated to the American One Dollar Bill (I'm
using a shorter link here just to be practical for the list)
http://tinyurl.com/6paf9x - it also seems fitting that the latin words
'Novus ordo seclorum' when translated mean 'New Order of the Ages'.
Scary stuff, almost Star Wars rhetoric.
The phrase Novus ordo seclorum (Latin for New Order of the Ages)
appears on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States, first
designed in 1782 and printed on the back of the American dollar bill
since 1935...
The phrase is often mistranslated as New World Order, but the Latin
for that phrase would be Novus Ordo Mundi. Wikipedia -
http://tinyurl.com/5jqgcs
So, I have two questions. The first is whether you were conscious of
these connections?
The other is asking if you could share with us the context and processes
of the 'WarMail' performance at the Gallery next Friday?
marc
Hi Marc, everyone,
The Logo is inspired by diverse sources,
the primary purpose is for it to look and feel a lot like the contents
of next Friday's performance.
I work a lot in graphic arts and advertising and I often try and
reflect current cultural trends/aesthetics in my own artwork work to
discuss the interplay between the way information is designed and the
way it is received. In other words, the way things look right now have
a lot to do with the way things are right now and vice versa. I'm
currently very interested in recent revivals in 80s aesthetics,
especially the use of airbrushed 3d Wireframe models and the
combination of certain colours like the teal and red pictured in the
logo. This look is obviously apparent in a lot of early videogames,
and computer visualizations. I suppose it originally existed as a
limitation of graphics power but evolved into an aesthetic that
represents something else. I've also been looking at a lot of Op art
and cold war computer interfaces.
for those more visual below is a list of links to inspired sources.
Op Art, Richard Anuszkiewicz
http://www.okcmoa.com/~okcmoa/files/u1/Anuszkiewicz__Diamond_Chroma__1968.091.jpg
Daft Punk, Alive Logo:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Daft_Punk_Alive_2007.JPG
Tron, Poster:
http://www.galacticawatercooler.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/post-tron.jpg
more Tron artwork:
http://pics.livejournal.com/xray_studios/pic/0002q0k2/s640x480
Kavinsky Album Art:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XUwgQCmmL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
Metallica Logo: http://www.freewebs.com/d4wg/metallica.jpg
American One Dollar Bill:
http://www.kumah.org/uploaded_images/OneDollar_NovusOrdoSeclorum-704631.jpg
Asteroids Deluxe Artwork:
http://i.cdn.turner.com/gametap/web30/games/120018050/AsteroidsDeluxe_ARC_Atari_205_914b0.PNG
Iron Man, the movie's computer interface
http://www.denofgeek.com/siteimage/scale/800/600/21640.png
FA 18 Fighter cockpit:
http://www.ausairpower.net/FA-18D-Cockpit-Night-Attack-S.jpg
jeremy
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:10 PM, marc garrett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A warm welcome to Netbehaviour Jeremy,
I want to begin by discussing 'WarMail' which will be performed with a
participating audience at the HTTP Gallery next Friday the 19th.
I am intrigued by the image that you are using to represent this project.
It looks as if it might be referring to a Star Wars film poster, but I am
sure that this is not the case. Could you enlighten us on how this image
came about?
marc
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