#silkscreen poster

The Conclusion of the Three Colors Trilogy

Victo Ngai

‘Red’, the last of the Three Colors Trilogy silkscreen poster, will be on sale 3pm UK time from @blackdragonpress​ tomorrow (Friday 3/17), and you can still pre-order the whole set before that.

“[on Red] This is a film about communication that disappears. We have better and better tools and less and less communication with each other. We only exchange information.”— Krzysztof Kieślowski

Here’s a snippet from my interview with Chris from the Eviltender on ‘Red’:

‘Red’ is actually my favorite film from the trilogy. It may have fewer visual hallmarks but I think it has a very clear thread running through it — the human connection, whether it’s visible or hidden, and that’s what I decided to focus on.

Unlike the swimming pool in ‘Blue‘ and Poland in ‘White,’ there’s no significant locations in ‘Red’ that plays an active and symbolic role in the film’s storytelling. The locations in ‘Red’ are merely stages for the human dramas, the story can happen in another place and still remain intact. Therefore ‘Red’ differs from the other two posters that its characters are not framed in an actual space, but rather tangled in a web of telecommunication cables, which was shown in the very beginning of the film, as telephones connects and brings all of them together. 

Big thanks to James Park from @blackdragonpress for having me on such a cool project and all the creative freedom, also kudos to Whiteduck silkscreen for always doing a marvelous job with these prints. 

Blanc, Three Color Trilogy

Victo Ngai

2016 marks 20 years since the death of Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. I have the great honor to work with MK2 Productions in France and the great Black Dragon Press in the UK, which I previously collaborated on Tarkovsky’s Solaris Posters with, to celebrate his work by bringing you a set of original art posters for what turned out to be his last work, the iconic Three Colours Trilogy.

“Trois Couleurs: Blanc”, an epic 7-colour, 18” x 27” limited edition screen printed poster is the second of this series. In this image, I want to focus on Karol’s obsession for his ex-wife Dominique. It is this obsession that motivates him to get back on his feet, engages in dangerous endeavors which are not within his previous character, and discovering the other side of himself along the way.

I think the bust he stole is the tangible embodiment of this obsession, a motif that strings along the whole transformation. We see Karol projecting all kinds of emotion for Dominique on this bust, including the protective tenderness when he is gluing the broken bust back together, which I think draws an interesting parallel with his broken marriage and later Dominique wanting to reconcile at the end of the film.

As I mentioned in the ‘Bleu’ interview with Evil Tender, illustration is the story-telling in one frame, so I want to focus on the tipping-point, showing Karol’s first determination to take charge of the situation he passively and unwillingly ended up in, in the quest of revenge or mending his failed marriage.

‘White’ goes on sale Friday December 9th at 3pm UK time (GMT) from The Black Dragon Press Store.

To read more about my thoughts behind the poster, check out my second interview with Evil Tender.