Poetic Journey 2009
february 10th, 2009
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University of Connecticut
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Typographic illustration I did based on the poetry of Uconn Graduate student Amber West. I visualized the poem within the context of two separate spaces. The first line takes the form of the aquarium glass, while the jelly fish exist beneath it. I drew contrast between these two kinds of realities via the variation of typography.
PRESS REVIEW
"The release reception was held on April 28. Poets were on hand to read their work and designers talked about their own creative decisions, as the posters were projected on a screen behind the podium. One of the most impressive pieces was Amber West’s “Jellyfish, Mandalay Bay,” accompanied by the design of Jay Quercia. In the poem, the ebb and flow of a jellyfish in a tank is the primary image the audience is drawn to, and this is exactly the focus in the graphic design of the poem. With flowing letters, Quercia captured what jellyfish in a tank would look like both in front of the glass and behind it.”
— Reviewed by Marisa Gumpert, Creative Writing 2008 - 2009 Yearly Review
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