Music of Steve Reich

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Award: Platinum

Design Firm: Chemi Montes

Client: American University Department of Performing Arts; American University: Department of Performing Arts

Designer: Chemi Montes

Category: Music

Country: United States of America

Award: Platinum

Design Firm: Chemi Montes

Client: American University Department of Performing Arts; American University: Department of Performing Arts

Designer: Chemi Montes

Category: Music

Country: United States of America

Assignment

A promotional poster for a musical performance of compositions by Steve Reich.

Approach

The visual treatment of the headline typography reduces it to a minimal, abstracted stylization, combining the photographically physical (cut paper and light) with the graphic, simple lines that build up and deconstruct the letterforms. The result aims to evoke by visual means the layered rhythms, musical phraseology, and pattern build-up of Steve Reich's works.