The Baskerville Project

On Monday the 22nd of September, after a tremendous response from our call for contributors to participate in the filming of a live lettering event, the Baskerville Project was host to a wonderful range of Lettering Artists and designers.

Sarah Coleman, pen and ink. "V"; Karen Lewis, clay. "A"; Amy Brown, monoprint. "I"; Evelin Kasikov, embroidery. "S"; Alex Hughes, pen and ink. "K"; Gabriel Hummerstone, slate carving. "B"; Barry Caine, etching. "R"; Caroline Archer, chalk. "L"; Alexandre Parré, CAD. "E"; Juneau Projects, Adobe Photoshop Lettering. "E"; Mark Murphy, Adobe Illustrator. "L"

The contributors were filmed, creating their characters in Fry's Baskerville, in Birmingham City University's MILO suite at BIAD. The video documentation from the day will be developed into a series of 11 animated films, which form the basis of a large scale HD multi-screen installation at Millenium Point for the Hello Digital Festival.

The artwork is devised for a multi-screen installation of 11 iMacs arranged in a circle. Each iMac will be showcasing a short animated film, drawing/carving/constructing only one Baskerville letterform, created by a range of leading typographers/illustrators/lettering artists from the uk and beyond (detailed above).

Collectively the installation will spell out BASKERVILLE simultaneously in the round.

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A new ambient soundtrack is being created to accompany the artwork, a collaboration between Stuart Tonge, (First Fold Records and Papa November) and Ronnie Chance, (Ronnie Chances Random). The individual elements of the composition will be played by each iMac to create a layered sound canvas.