Thirst was invited to create a unique installation in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Typeforce exhibition held at Chicago's Co-Prosperity Sphere gallery. The installation is a simultaneous presentation of two pieces on top of each other — one in CNC-cut foam and one in projected light. Every designer in the studio contributed to the installation.
DAILY DIET
Building the Wall (or An Homage to a Better Daze)
In the manner of Gastrotypographicassemblage, Lou Dorfsman’s CBS cafeteria mural wall, c.1966, the Thirst Collective cooked up something to chew on, in the form of Daily Diet, a bento box sampling of overused words that constantly taint our newsfeeds.
NEURONS FIRING
Tear down that Wall
In the manner of Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Nam June Paik’s installation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, c.1995, the Thirst Collective broadcasts something to meditate upon, in the form of Neurons Firing, a digital collage sampling of words and ideas that constantly permeate our consciousness.
Daily Diet:
Nick Adam
Felony
Kompromat
Tariffs
The Base
Wall
Bart Crosby
Con
Subpoena
Treason
Logan Doyle
Controlled
Justice
Tampering
Valeria Kotliarova
Russia’s Boy
Anna Mort
2020
Pardon
Ratings
Bud Rodecker
Alibi
Indictment
Perjury
Suzie Shin
Obstructions
Sanctions
Shut Down
Rick Valicenti
Stormy
Tryst
Fake News (in collaboration with Bud Rodecker)
Neurons Firing:
Zach Minnich
Chaos
Divided We Fall
He’s Out Of His Fucking Mind
Impeach
Listen To Reason
Lock Them Up
Russia’s Toy
$$$
John Pobojewski
All A Lie
Bull Shit
Coward
Equality. Liberty. Empathy.
Just Stop
People Not Profits
Trust
Tyrant
Leah Wendzinski
Counter of Indictments
Distractions
Left Turn Ahead
Open Up
Persist. Resist. Insist.
Reject Hate
Speak Out
White Fright
Typeface FORCE by Nick Adam
Special thanks to Creative Technologies
Gastrotypographicassemblage: Lou Dorfsman’s CBS cafeteria mural wall, c.1966
Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii: Nam June Paik’s installation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, c.1995
Traced type consciously misspelled and used in animation. Typeface is FORCE by Nick Adam.
Composition sketches by Rick Valicenti (L) and John Pobojewski (R).
Found on Instagram during opening night