Even in Exile

Site-specific graphic work. Commissioned by James Dean Bradfield and Orchard Records. This was an invitation from the musician James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers) to develop artwork that could be used for the cover of a solo album he had written inspired by Victor Jara; a Chilean musician and political activist who was murdered in the first days following the Pinochet coup d’état. Beyond that, the invitation was extended to include the design and layout for all elements of each format of the release – vinyl LP, CD and tape; the covers, the lyric sheets, and booklets, the case inserts, the CD/tape/vinyl stickers etc. This allowed me to approach these spaces as a site through which I could consider the entire visual experience of the audience.