11th Jul 07
What:
Experimental Jetset
Where:
The Narrows, Lvl 2, 141 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
When:
Opens Fri July 13, 6pm
Runs until Sat August 4
Gallery open Wed-Sat 12-6pm or by appointment
How much:
Free
Related:
Experimental Jetset appear in Gary Hustwit’s film Helvetica, screening as part of Character 4 at ACMI Cinemas, Sun July 22, 3pm
John&
Paul&
Ringo&
George.
We’ve all seen this t-shirt. Only a real fan could have come up with it. And that’s the odd thing — try crossing
The Beatles,
Sonic Youth,
the Situationists,
Walter Benjamin and a
Goddard and Kubric love in with sombre, restrained, ubiquitous, Modernist Helvetica, and you’ll be on the doorstep of a conversation with Experimental Jetset. Their influences are so clearly things that they’re fans of, but the filter it all passes through is old-school, hard-core Dutch graphic design.
While Melbourne’s finest duke it out in their best peacock feathers down at Fed Square
this week, Dutch cult design favourites Experimental Jetset have quietly filed past the shenanigans and brought their po-faced fun to The Narrows. Just in time to miss the festival but
coincide with the screening of
Helvetica the movie (ironically brought to you by
Stephen “Death to Helvetica” Banham), Experimental Jetset’s poster installation will satisfy anyone interested in their work specifically or in contemporary graphic design generally or in good ideas done simply.
By Stuart Geddes
Ambience: Indoor
Difficulty: Won't hurt a bit
Keywords:
Design,
Film