Inspired by Thomas McEvilley's essay - Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, 13 Ways of Looking at Ultraviolence is a poster that visually retells my personal interpretation of Ultraviolence, a 2014 studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey.
Consisting of manipulated found images, self-taken images and illustrations, the overall visual composition and direction of the poster was influenced by an in-depth analysis of the various moods, metaphors, and references that were made in the album.
A rough breakdown of the thirteen points taken from Thomas McEvilley's essay that was used as a basis:
01 Representational - Internal Violence
02 Verbal Supplements - Dependency
03 Genre or Medium - Psychedelia & Melancholia
04 MATERIAL - Sass & Angst
05 SCALE - Revolutionary
06 TEMPORAL DURATION - Timeless
07 CONTEXT - Losing Oneself
08 RELATIONSHIP TO HISTORY - 1950-60s Americana
09 PERSISTENCE OF TIME - Mainstream Today
10 ICONOGRAPHIC TRADITIONS - Defiant Gloominess
11 FORMAL PROPERTIES - Cinematic Storytelling
12 ATTITUDINAL GESTURES - Juxtapositions
13 BIOLOGICAL OR PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES - Nostalgic Angst
