Rick Valicenti / 3st and John Pobojewski / 3st recently completed a commemorative poster series and folio celebrating the performance of ABACUS at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Running from January 19–29, the legendary festival marks 3st’s first step to Hollywood!
Visionary director/producer Lars Jan and 2012 TED Fellow explains the concept behind the performance:
Riding the wave of TED talk fanaticism and armed with the latest wizardry in media technology and data visualization, the visionary/prophet/madman/cult icon Paul Abacus comes to Sundance to surf the boundary of what is real and what is hyperreal and preach visions of a world without national borders. Culminating in three performances at New Frontier, Abacus delivers a master class in persuasion for the Screen Age that promises to usher civilization into a new era.
Four versions of a very limited edition 24 x 36 inch silkscreened poster show ABACUS crumbling into a pile, and get switched out over the course of the ten-day festival. Expertly printed by Delicious Design League on Curious Black Skin paper. Want your own? Download a hi-res PDF here.
In addition, a 6 x 9 32-page folio serves as a introductory to Paul Abacus’ universe. Designed to be a high-art primer, every spread is a lesson in the ways of the great provocateur, often challenging conventions and preaching a new world order. Illustrations by Valicenti and Pobojewski, with additional contributions (not shown) by Cousins & Sears and Tinne Van Loon.
Expertly printed by Classic Color on Sappi’s Opus Cover.
New Work: ABACUS at Sundance
Rick Valicenti / 3st and John Pobojewski / 3st recently completed a commemorative poster series and folio celebrating the performance of ABACUS at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Running from January 19–29, the legendary festival marks 3st’s first step to Hollywood!
Visionary director/producer Lars Jan and 2012 TED Fellow explains the concept behind the performance:
Watch the trailer below:
ABACUS first premiered at EMPAC and will leave Sundance to show at the Red Cat Theatre in Los Angeles this February.
Four versions of a very limited edition 24 x 36 inch silkscreened poster show ABACUS crumbling into a pile, and get switched out over the course of the ten-day festival. Expertly printed by Delicious Design League on Curious Black Skin paper. Want your own? Download a hi-res PDF here.
In addition, a 6 x 9 32-page folio serves as a introductory to Paul Abacus’ universe. Designed to be a high-art primer, every spread is a lesson in the ways of the great provocateur, often challenging conventions and preaching a new world order. Illustrations by Valicenti and Pobojewski, with additional contributions (not shown) by Cousins & Sears and Tinne Van Loon.
Expertly printed by Classic Color on Sappi’s Opus Cover.