CROS(s)ES ‘(Traffic) Sign of the…’ (10)

Direction. Guidance and doctrine. How do you trust who points the way? Who to ignore. An ideal, oral ritual passed in voice. A gesture. A helping hand, with a snake lurking in the sleeve. Trusting blindly, we become lambs to slaughter.

CROS(s)ES ‘(Traffic) Sign of the…’ (10)

[DIGITAL ARTWORK, 2023]

‘Manipulated existing imagery and type into a graphic crucifix layout.’

IMAGE SOURCES:
Scratches: iStock 1050646758.

TYPEFACES:

(Artwork Text) ‘Transport’ by Jock Kinneir, Margaret Calvert and published by URW Type Foundry.

(Logotype) ‘Kern’ by Pizza Typefaces.

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:


A rounded Green rectangle with White border, on top of two metal poles, depicting a White crucifix-style cross with text above in a sans-serif type reading “Father 1C 86”, to the right “Son M1616” and in a White box to the right “Holy Spirit M 118”, with a Red National Rail icon rotated 90°, all on a Black background.

HARRY––VINCENT
At the convergence of gothic & contemporary visual culture.

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