Based on the essay written by Linda Nochlin Why have there been no significant female artists? (1971) the radical attitude and futuristic demand of fundamental rights for the female gender are reproduced in the form of a tabloid newspaper. The focus lays on micro typography as well as the editorial task of emphasizing aggressive statements of the text. Readers are confronted with feminist provocation, radical headlines and quotations, which trigger anger and indignation.
Poster proposal for the Montreux Jazz Festival 2021.
Based on Kurt Thut’s chair design an identity for a fictive company was elaborated. Functionalism and modernism are the core values merged into a conceptual entity. Systematics form the essence and reproduce the raw aesthetic of material considering the architect's importance of process.
Visuals and typography for ZEITGEIST, an open and collaborative space for artistic craft. Converting digital design onto physical garments.
The social and modern terminology is examined in a pseudoscientific and hyper objective investigation. Photographic fragments of beauty are being surveyed and rated in a metaphorical search of perfection. The project questions humanity’s social view and attitude towards today’s claim for absolute perfection. In collaboration with Armando Guetg.
Animation for the editorial project Stille Macht der Schönheit.
Generative Existence is the result of interaction between human and machine. Artificial intelligence creates a new identity with given text fragments of myself. Additionally image material is generated and implemented as a printed matter. Digital intelligence is converted into physical printed matter. The two dualistic borders between human liveliness and technoid numbers dissolve.
Single cover and animation for musician Nurnoloco.
Modern football is more than just a sport. Spectators are confronted with an immense amount of information. Visual and auditive attractors such as advertisements, player statistics cause hyper stimulation of our sensations. The pure joy and magic of the sport fades into the background. Digits and numbers transform the cult into a lucrative market. Together with Nicolai Jaron Kager and Moritz Furger.
Typeface (work in progress) inspired by sacral and religious attributes of the medieval age.
An experimental approach of using screen print as a tool on dissimilar media. Different papers with its own characteristics such as color tints and haptics are explored. A series of posters in various combinations are part of the outcome.
An experimental and investigative approach on the United States‘ urge to intervene in middle-eastern parts of the globe. Explorative research about hybrid warfares where innocent human lives are killed; thousands of kilometres away from the physical battlefield. The animation reveals objective information and describes the situation visually by solid data.
Severin Weber
Winterthur, Switzerland
2019 Propädeutikum ZHdK
2022 Internship Basile Fournier
2023 Klasse für Typografie HGB Leipzig
2020– Visual Communication ZHdK
severin.weber@zhdk.ch
@severinweber_
Hyper stimulation. Fast pace. Excessive visual impression. Deceptive sensations. Moral consumption. Artificial intelligence. Sterile technocracy. Global individualism. Reality and delusion. Distorted perception. Fragments of the present.
Core values. Substantial output. Coherent matter. Systematic adaption. Experimental approach. Unsealed functionalism. Collaborative exchange. Visual accuracy. Unity in multiplicity. Merging identity. Fragments of ethics.
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