Michael at Ventilate asked me to be part of their latest poster series. Ventilate had featured some of my work a few months back and their site is great (check it out), so I was more than happy to say yes and work with them. When I found out that the theme of the series was "dystopia" I couldn't help but be a little disappointed. I had worked on a number of dystopic projects over the last few years and I was kind of tied of the whole genre. But I soon got over that, really enjoyed creating the piece and was pretty happy with the end result.
The geometric forms in this work, that represent the ideas of intolerance, discrimination, and conformity, have taken on the form of a cityscape. This city, with its monotonous forms and dull, limited palette is meant to portray a dystopian society, perhaps one that has become violently egalitarian. The cosmonaut represents the non-conformist (the artist, the magician, the outsider), unable and unwilling to submit to the limited regime of the majority. His mind remains high above, "in the clouds", holding on to the fragments of a life now lost. But he nurtures and cradles a hope (here displayed as a sage plant), a hope for a better and more fulfilling future.
This poster is available for free download, at print resolution (24"x 36" @300 dpi), at the Ventilate website.
Thanks to Michael Brown, and everyone at Ventilate for inviting me to be a part of this project.
I love your work.
ReplyDeleteI found it because i've looking for cccp astronauts for my work (student ilustration work ;)) AND I LOVIN' IT
By the way this image, the spiritual flower of hope, give me a lot of ideas to draw and i very grateful with you.
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