For your safety and the security of the Free World® your Freedom has been curtailed. It's for your own good. Please move along. Based on an original commission for Greenbelt Festival.
I was born in May 1968, the month student protests and general strikes swept France. 'Be young and shut up' is a suggestion from a revolutionary poster of that era.
Searching for clues about our collective hopes and dreams. Google™ search from 09/02/2009 results 1-–15 of about 129,000,000 for If I was (0.27 seconds). Excludes proper names, repetitions and inanimate objects.
In physics, the term ionisation refers to the process of conversion from an atom into an ion, that is, when an imbalance of the atom’s electric charge takes place as particles (such as electrons) are added or removed from the original structure. This phenomenon can lead to a positively or negatively charged ion being produced. In the instance of a positive ion, an electron absorbs a surplus of energy, which triggers its release from the bond generated by the original atomic structure. The bond being broken, the electron escapes and becomes free to move away from the structure. This artwork explores and attempts to visually capture the notion of particles freeing themselves or escaping from their atomic bonds, therefore moving autonomously in a grid system, generating a duality between the idea of order / structure and disorder / chaos.
The idea behind my poster is a tactical masterplan for converting a well-known patch of grass in South Bristol into lovely new allotments. If well-managed, there is every chance that a young, fresh crop of players can grow next season.
In physics ‘time’ is defined as a dimension that enables two otherwise identical events that occur at the same point in space to be distinguished (relating to the concept of space-time). The interval between two such events forms the basis of time measurement. ‘Space-time’ refers to geometry that includes the three space dimensions and a fourth dimension of time. In Newtonian physics, space and time are considered as separate entities, while in Einstein’s concept of the physical universe, space and time are regarded as entwined.
In theoretical physics, one particular concept called ‘quantum entanglement’ addresses the events occurring in a continuum and ultimately attempts to replicate an action or transfer of a particle instantaneously, thereby eliminating ‘travel’ time. This artwork is inspired by the concept of entanglement, as a mean of quantum communication to achieve ‘perfect transfer’ of information, i.e. simultaneous (or ‘time-independent’) transmission and reception.
Simplified clock face features provide the basic elements from which this typeface is made. The letter forms spell out a quote that I like, about ‘wasted time’. It is a reminder that we should enjoy taking a break sometimes! I believe in clear, considered and interesting communication and enjoy producing work across a wide spectrum of disciplines, including editorial, information graphics and web.
