After the talk he then set us a brief - to redesign our favourite 12" vinyl cover. After some tough decisions and being unable to find various covers I opted for Grace Jones - slave to the rhythm. I think the cover pretty much says it all - accentuating her most well known features; her mouth and hair.
I knew form the start this would be a difficult option, especially because on the back there is a ridiculous amount of text; exerpts taken from books as well as bits of interviews and a neverending list on contributors.
So where to start?
Well, after talking to Peter I really felt I wanted to get away from Grace Jones' face. All her album covers feature her face in some way and I think it would be interesting to take her face away and see what else I could come up with.
So I started looking into the meaning behind the song, but also the word rhythm and how rhythm can be represented visually.
Whilst researching, I came across this really interesting video for a band which uses 4 cardiography machines to map the different parts of the songs...a very interesting watch and kinda similar to another project i worked on last term...which will be posted very shortly!
The video can be found here.
http://www.korb.lt/video/illbegone.mov
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