Good to see you, Dr Davis
Art Direction・Graphic Design
Good to see you, Dr Davis, 2015
Client: The Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm・Creative direction: Madder・Design: Sepidar Hosseini and George Chamoun・Line-up: Revolution Poetry and Silvana Imam・Print production: ABA・Photo documentation: KKH/RIA
Client: The Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm・Creative direction: Madder・Design: Sepidar Hosseini and George Chamoun・Line-up: Revolution Poetry and Silvana Imam・Print production: ABA・Photo documentation: KKH/RIA
"Good to see you, Dr Davis" is a spatial poster installation by Sepidar Hosseini and George Chamoun, originally created in connection with Angela Davis's visit to the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm in 2015. Her lecture was followed by an afterparty for which Sepidar and George designed the scenography. A collage-like backdrop of typographic posters behind the invited live acts, Revolution Poetry and Silvana Imam, formed a central part of the setting.
The idea was that Davis herself, along with the rest of the audience, would be met by a visual wall of enlarged Angela Davis quotes — not only highlighting her political, activist, and academic statements during and after the Black Power movement, but also activating those slogans by linking them to a contemporary Swedish context represented by the invited artists, all of whom use the spoken word as a tool of resistance against social injustice.
The quotes are direct in both tone and form, drawing significant inspiration from the visual culture surrounding the Black Panthers’ struggle, led by figures such as Emory Douglas. High-contrast typographic prints in bold sans-serif fonts are not only emblematic of the political communication tied to this movement but are also found in the feminist and anti-consumerist visual language where punk meets advertising and mass communication.
The posters were also exhibited at the group exhibition Norm Form at ArkDes between 2017–2018.
The idea was that Davis herself, along with the rest of the audience, would be met by a visual wall of enlarged Angela Davis quotes — not only highlighting her political, activist, and academic statements during and after the Black Power movement, but also activating those slogans by linking them to a contemporary Swedish context represented by the invited artists, all of whom use the spoken word as a tool of resistance against social injustice.
The quotes are direct in both tone and form, drawing significant inspiration from the visual culture surrounding the Black Panthers’ struggle, led by figures such as Emory Douglas. High-contrast typographic prints in bold sans-serif fonts are not only emblematic of the political communication tied to this movement but are also found in the feminist and anti-consumerist visual language where punk meets advertising and mass communication.
The posters were also exhibited at the group exhibition Norm Form at ArkDes between 2017–2018.
