WEAVING HALLEY: APRIL 2005
These two posters for Peter Halley translate the artist’s design vocabulary and usage of color as structure within the investigation of type as image. They are constructed out of a pixel typeface which was cut out of brightly colored paper. Each letter of his name—PETER HALLEY—was cut out from a single sheet. The sheets were then stacked on top of each other and shifted around to create a woven series of color combinations. The vibrant color became the structure organizing the poster space. A secondary layer of typewas added to the surface of the page—the same typeface only smaller and more recognizable.
Resulting from the intense saturation and optical vibration of simultaneous contrasts, the color creates a dimensional space out of flat paper pieces. The foreground and background continually shift spatial positions due to the reverberation of optical illusions. One poster organizes the typography around an empty center to represent Halley’s Conduit paintings. The other poster has a more ambiguous structure and similar size elements which creates a more woven space.
