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poster 1
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poster for the feature documentary, the act of dreaming.
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this is the first of the two posters we made for john maggio and neha shastry's feature documentary, the act of dreaming. once again the film is an intimate portrait of the lives of three families working to make the united states their home amid a shifting political landscape and widespread hostility towards immigrants.

this poster was made to suggest as the film does, that whilst the dream is being tested it is not necessarily failing. life for the families in the film could improve of course, but during the current political administration things are nevertheless fraught.

the abstracted nature of the poster was also intended to speak to a broader audience. it's a nod perhaps to what it means to dream at all, in any circumstance, be that good or bad.

caspar made this poster by printing out the repeating sentences on card, and then where appropriate cutting each letter out by hand with a scalpel. he then stood each loose letter in modelling clay and bent and twisted it in different ways as if it was floating in the air. lastly he photographed the whole thing using a rostrum camera, and finished the poster in photoshop.
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actofdreaming.com
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poster 2
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poster for the feature documentary, the act of dreaming.
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directors john maggio and neha shastry asked that we might make the titles and poster for their forthcoming feature documentary, the act of dreaming. the film is an intimate portrait of the lives of three families working to make the united states their home amid a shifting political landscape and widespread hostility towards immigrants.

the poster you see here was the second of two posters caspar made after presenting a range of possible directions to john and neha. it's an homage to and an evolution of the work of yves krähenbühlmichael bierut, ryan habbyshaw and some others. the intention with the poster was not only to speak to the film's narrative but also to the larger political picture regarding living in the united states of america these days. 

the film will be having a special screening at the buffalo international film festival. do see it if you have the means. it's a moving, probing and highly timely piece of work.
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actofdreaming.com
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