Ormindo

This poster and booklet were commissioned by the Royal Irish Academy of Music and their student production of Ormindo. I created two variations of the same theme; centered around the concept of manipulation.

The main plot of the opera involved a love triangle where a highly manipulative female protagonist is the desire of multiple men. I focused my research on the theme of manipulation, through using a photocopier I manipulated images and typography in order to create distorted images.

This typographic solution is based on a single photocopy in which the type was manipulated to create mirroring and distress. "M" represents the female protagonists legs and the red mark below alludes to her womanhood, highlighting her promiscuous and manipulative nature.

Design & Image-making — Nico Tracey