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poster for roza bursztein's new show, dedoublee.
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photographer and friend fanny de gouville reached out and asked that we might work with her to make a show poster for the comedian rosa bursztein. rosa called us and explained the concept behind her new show, dedoublee. then, working with fanny, we devised a series of concepts for the poster. 

the show sees rosa making fun of what it's like to finally be in a long-term relationship. her previous show tackled the ins and outs of her long search for the right guy. now, having found him, she's quick to laugh at all the absurdities of trying to keep him. 

rosa went with the poster concept you see here, itself inspired by the work of north american artist han cao. fanny took the photograph of rosa with her real-life boyfriend in paris and sent it to berlin. meanwhile caspar headed to a berlin sweet shop and returned with two huge bags of candy. work then began on printing the photograph out and covering the boyfriend's face with the goods. the act was an attempt to poetically capture rosa's feelings about love.
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rosabursztein.fr
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poster for the nashville-based band, the protomen
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it's 2024. the protomen first took to the stage 20 years ago. to mark the occasion they are playing a show with the same bands (almost) that played with them at that first show. they asked us to make a poster to promote the occasion.

caspar had long been bothered with how badly daft punk had executed the cover artwork for their final album, random access memories. despite having access to their own helmets to photograph, they made a poor computer rendering of them instead. now, since the protomen had often referred to themselves as "a southern, buck-toothed daft punk", it felt right to finally set the record straight. we shipped their smashed-up, 20 year old helmets to joey ciccoline and he set about photographing them in the appropriate manner.

if you have the means to make it to the show we do recommend it. the protomen are, despite the tongue-in-cheek daft punk reference here, one of the most unique and extraordinary live bands in existence today. 
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protomen.com
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poster
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poster for the sheffield-based band, 65daysofstatic
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it's been 10 years since 65daysofstatic's remarkable LP wild light was released. to mark this anniversary the band have announced a 2023 tour dedicated to the record. in turn we were asked if we might make the poster. 

caspar made the wild light artwork digitally in 2012/13 using adobe's illustrator (shapes) and photoshop (textures and type). going back into the files and hauling something poster-worthy from the wreckage was rewarding. not least because there were some intricate pieces in there that were never used in the record's original packaging and promotional materials. the strange life-form you see here being one of them.
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live.65daysofstatic.com
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tour poster
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tour poster for the nashville-based band, the protomen
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the protomen recently headed out west to road test some new material from their forthcoming LP. after some discussion john delucca set to work drawing and painting the image you see here. the image speaks for itself of course and, as ever, hints at elements of the band's ongoing conceptual narrative and as much as their reality.
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protomen
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reunion show posters for the band, mellowdrone.
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old friends and collaborators mellowdrone reunited this year for a couple of shows in los angeles. singer jonathan bates asked us to create a poster that talked about "growing up / becoming adult". the paintings we used as a basis for the posters are "don quixote", by honore daumier and "the triumph of surrealism" by max ernst.

the posters were made using a printer and a scanner. the manual elongation of the images, to us, spoke to the themes jon wanted us to explore.
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melllowdrone.com
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cover
tenacious d show poster
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record sleeve for the nashville-based band, the protomen
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here's another one of the many fruits of our on-going collaborations with the protomen. the band played a tribute night in nashville, TN, back in late 2010 and the recordings came out so well they decided to release it. performing as 'queen' for the night, we decided to recreate the iconic 'queen II' record cover in a studio in brooklyn. the photography is by long-time (v) collaborator matt sundin, and the logo work is by M L hope. we handled the art direction, post-production + layout duties. 
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protomen.com
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