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The contest was an open call here on the forum for artists to re-imagine the theatrical poster of a film of their choice. It’s an often under-appreciated art form, and the idea was inspired by the work of artists at the Polish School Of Posters.
There were four intended purposes of the competition:
- To engage the artistic community with BCC; both the competitors that entered, and artists who didn’t enter but saw the final posts. The hope is that higher engagement can lead to future collaborations, particularly for a project like ours which is based in the arts.
- To be a point of interest for our online audience and provide them with original content around our central theme of films.
- To give aspiring artists a chance to show off their work to a wider audience.
- If we can run more similar competitions, the aim is to print and display the works as a gallery at some of our physical events.
This is the original bounty post, which has a bit more info about what was involved:
The artwork has now been replaced on the website, but you can still see the post with the winners on our’s and Muti’s Instagram pages and in our Mintbase stores.
We received ten entries in total, and the three winners were selected on the basis of aesthetic appeal and originality.