Continuing on what I was talking about last week, I discovered this artist I can really resonate with. Matthew Cusick. He does a few different things, mostly Collage and Defacement of old books used in schools, but he also dabbles in video montages and edited sequences. What captured me most about his style, however was the visual language he creates in his Collages. I cant really explain it, only show you.
This is amazing. He takes maps, cuts them all out then rearranges its parts into a coherent image. To me, looking like a map is like a visual language in itself. It has its symbols and words and changes in color, all indicating different information and here he is creating something breathtaking. This kind of thing really interests me. I would love to do something like this for my thesis. Manipulating already existing visual languages?? Hm...
I must share more of his greatness. Here he takes old schoolbooks and sandpapers the words (all except a few) out. How he even did this I cant even fathom. How do you sandpaper paper?
Matthew Cusick also does a lot of work with typography. Check his site out. Its worth it :)
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