About three years ago, I was trying to find some stuff for a new apartment that I was moving into and thought a BoC poster would be pretty nice. So after a quick search, I came across what appeared to be some sort of tour poster. Obviously not real, but the artwork was really great (even if the venues were a bit funny).
I emailed the artist and he was nice enough to print out a version without the tour dates and send it over for a reasonable fee. Still one of my favorites along with a Geogaddi promo poster and an old album sleeve for Superfly. Just thought I'd share.
http://ctophermac.blogspot.com/2008/10/boc-poster.html
TontoExpands wrote:Did they really tour those US cities?
Nope (I don't believe they ever played out of the UK, actually). It was just a piece they made for themselves.
I'm drawn to the band's nostalgic feel which is then juxtaposed with electronic elements and sampling. I felt that aspect reflects where my own work is at right now - painterly execution with graphic icons. I think there is something interesting there that I can flesh out in future pieces!
I was far along with this project before I learned that, oddly enough, Boards of Canada doesn't really tour at all. The dates were swapped from the tour of a comparably awesome artist. I used this information as a cue to let the type treatment be more compositional, rather than strictly communicative. I'm not sure how I feel about that aspect of the image and it will probably be revised sometime in the future.
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