Picture it yesterday. Pissing down with rain and a small group of VisCommers are running away from the library with scissors in one hand and a roll of tape in another, looking for the next mini anarchic moment.
The Tape & Type project was immense to say the least. As Sally was talking about it I immediately knew I wanted to do something big bold and crass. It was the moment I felt like I was taking the right course for me. This is what I do. The team I was in were fucking awesome- we worked well together and our ideas were pretty much on the same page. The outcome? Our typeface 'One Night Stand' was born. We were more interested in how we could be cheeky- how far we could go without being caught. We went for a type that was quite simple so we could slap it up, take the photos we needed and run for the wind. Most of all, because I was so excited, I wanted to be fun with an upper case F. Sally gave us one rule; stay away from the main reception building. Red rag to a bull much?
We chose the word BULGE because it gave such a reaction to us. We were playing with words that described cheeky or filthy and it had to be five letters, so we could tape up each letter in five different locations and then have a big finalie. I believe Dan came up with the word and after some discussion, it fitted the best. It also gave us the name for our font because it was a wham, bam, thank you mam with a bulge- a perfect one night stand.
We chose the main reception (obviously), the library, a giant window somewhere, corrugated metal and these giant water bottles we found by the Photography section. We wanted our letters to be distorted so it took the viewer a little while to find them, to be all part of the fun and frolics. The final piece was going to be up on the huge winding staircase by the main reception a giant taped BULGE (seriously, Sally should never have said that we couldn't go there). However, rain spoiled our fun and we had to change the corrugated metal to double doors and our final to a lift by Digital Media.
I seriously had the most fun on this project. It should of had 'Tasha's Perfect Project' written all over it.
And on another extreme happy note- I got a sketchbook finally. And I feel more settled on this course. I've been really worried that I shouldn't be here but the success of this has flushed me with happiness and creative fairy dust.
Hoozah! Have some photos :)
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