#march of the pigs
Nine Inch Nails performing “March of the Pigs” live in Melbourne on March 14th, 2014. Filmed on stage by robsheridan with a Blackmagic Production Camera 4K. Viewable in full 4K resolution.
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‘THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL’ - NINE INCH NAILS
PROZAC ADVERTISEMENT: IDEAS DEVELOPMENT
TRACK 4: MARCH OF THE PIGS
Based on one of my favourite parts of ‘The Downward Spiral’ album, the musical mood shift that accompanies the line “Now doesn’t it make you feel better?” I felt inspired to create a Nine Inch Nails poster that parodied a Prozac advertisement from years ago.
My goal was to replicate the graphic and typographical elements of the ad with a backdrop of one of the pictures I had take on my search for interesting textures for this project.
The picture is of a thorn bush at the forefront of a sunny blue sky. I loved the contrast in this image because it isn’t so apparent until you notice that the flowerless plants are actually branches of razor sharp thorns, natures barbed-wire.
I was excited to have the opportunity to include The Downward Spiral’s visual motif accompanied by the three words given to Russell Mill’s by Trent to create the albums original artwork (attrition, decay, and wound) as well as the logo for Trent’s imprint record label, Nothing Records.
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‘THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL’ - NINE INCH NAILS
PEDESTRIAN STREET SIGNS: IDEAS DEVELOPMENT
TRACK 4: MARCH OF THE PIGS
Alternative covers I designed for the March Of The Pigs single artwork. I love the inclusion of the sun in this design, as it represents what I always thought was one of the most amusing musical changes in the composition of a song, which can be heardhere.
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‘THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL’ - NINE INCH NAILS
PEDESTRIAN STREET SIGNS: IDEAS DEVELOPMENT
TRACK 4: MARCH OF THE PIGS
These are some of the signs and single cover artwork I developed for March Of The Pigs, using simple clipart illustration to convey the nihilist message of the song.
I included pictures of both people and pigs in overcrowded situations for reference.
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‘THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL’ - NINE INCH NAILS
PEDESTRIAN STREET SIGNS: RESEARCH
TRACK 4: MARCH OF THE PIGS
‘March Of The Pigs’, the lead single from ‘The Downward Spiral’, deals with the protagonists relationship with people and their self-serving, disposable nature. The image of the pig is once again used, however this time we are looking at society as a whole.
I became fascinated with signage, particularly pedestrian street signs whereby figures are used. I find it interesting how people engage with these signs and how we read them, interpret them, and extract meaning from them. They are meant to have a singular universal meaning, with the purpose of directing us, and even in a sense, control us.
While most pedestrian street signs are instinctual to us at this point, a new language has been presented to us in the past year by means of Covid Health Advice signage. These have become controversial at times, as the sudden appearance of them has provoked mixed reactions and opinions as to whether or not they should be enforced. While most people are happy to oblige and follow directions that are thought to be in our best interest, others see them as a violation of their human rights and a step in the direction of THX 1138or 1984territory.
I would like to work a design like this into my artwork for March Of The Pigs, using a simple, stripped back icon of a pig in place of a human.
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