A screen-printed piece commissioned by Typomania 2018’s exhibition, where selected contributors were asked to freely interpret the 2018 East-West theme of the typographic festival.
Oded Ezer, West-East, 100×70 cm
Ezer started his piece by printing the words ‘east’ and ‘west’ and slicing them to vertical stripes. By weaving the stripes into a paper fabric, he represents the delicate texture of humanity. The west and the east which were traditionally divided and clearly defined, are now beginning to merge and melt into one another. By altering the order of the stripes, Ezer manages to make the words obscure and convey this current situation. Furthermore, issues of social and economical power are constantly flipping, and as the world becomes smaller, the two extremes are brought closer.
The words WEST and EAST ‘hide’ within the weaved stripes
This is no longer a world of simplicity: black and white, good and bad, east and west. It is a world of complicated messages, transmitted through the gentle rising and falling of the printed paper. The type becomes condensed, and challenges legibility. This typographic experiment was expanded by photographing the different stages of the process, amplifying the interwoven concept.
Animated gif showing the different stages of the process
The exhibition will take place in June 2018 at the Museum of Moscow. As part of Typomania festival.
By weaving the stripes into a paper fabric, he represents the delicate texture of humanity
This typographic experiment was expanded by photographing the different stages of the process, amplifying the interwoven concept
