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| From The Times, Tuesday 23rd October 2012 |
This story caught my attention because it has been ongoing since February of this year, when feminist punk band Pussy Riot staged a political protest by performing a gig in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The band attempted to perform their song 'Punk Prayer' but were stopped by Church security officials. In March three of the band's normally anonymous members were arrested and charged with hooliganism: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Maria Alyokhina, and Yekaterina Samutsevich.
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| There are thought to be 12 members of Pussy Riot who are usually anonymous, only using nicknames in interviews |
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| Performing 'Punk Prayer' February 2012 |
The three arrested members of Pussy Riot on trial in Moscow
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Vladimir Putin, Russia's President//dictator |
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| Moscow: Cathedral of Christ the Saviour Protest Rallies all over the world: France, Russia, America, Canada, England (Liverpool & Leeds!) |
Graphic Campaigns to support Pussy Riot
Other notable female punks - top 15 according to Flavor Wire
Other Persecuted Russian Artists//creatives
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| 'Bulldozer Exhibition' 1974 |
Film Director Andrei Tarkovsky
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| The Curator Yuri Samodurov who went on trial after the Forbidden Art show in Moscow |
Artem Loskutov, performance//video artist who is currently in jail for his art
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| Protest in China Gets a Boost From Social Media |
Poster Research
England's Burning: The Story of the English riots told in pictograms
Beginning with the tragic shooting of Mark Duggan in north London and the ensuing peaceful protests, followed by the first outbursts of civil disorder, the looting of shops, the police response, the clean up, the hunting of suspects, and finally the draconian sentencing, the entire story is told without words.
285x460mm, folded to 290x190mm
32 pages
Tabloid newspaper with card wrap
Published: February 2012
32 pages
Tabloid newspaper with card wrap
Published: February 2012
Considering Typefaces to Use on the poster
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| Punk Dots from Dafont |
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| Punkboy from Dafont |
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| Charcoal CY - good because of its Cyrillic style |
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| Cracked |
I want the typeface to reflect the punk//propaganda//riot style of the content. Cracked is a great title typeface but has poor legibility so may not be good when used in a small point size or for body copy. I think the most exciting font that most gets the Riot point across is Punkboy.
Image research - balaclavas & pussies
A lot of my original research informed my image-making process, see above in this post for Pussy Riot propaganda and imagery
London riot posters
Interesting that these posters all only use two or three colours without me intentionally seeking them out.
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