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Néo
Romance

Celebrating Alexandra Stréliski’s audio landscapes

This project commemorates Alexandra Stréliski’s album Néo-Romance. Stréliski is a classically trained pianist from Montreal, who is well known for creating the soundtracks for many of Jean-Marc Vallée’s movies such as the Dallas Buyers Club. Since then, she has released her own instrumental albums based on her own personal experiences. Néo-Romance is based on her trip to Amsterdam, rediscovering her family’s history. The key challenge was to create a poster and 7 inch vinyl to commemorate the romantic vibe of the album.

A blurry photograph of a hand holding a daisy, with a light blue background.
A photograph of clouds with a pink and purple tint.

Through motion blur comes a sense of nostalgia

The final image chosen for the composition came through a series of explorations with water and food colouring dye; while taking the image I moved the camera by accident, which resulted in a dynamic blurred effect. The blurriness in conjunction with the specs of light worked well for the poster, as it manages to convey a nostalgic sensibility. Following the movement of the image, I added white bold type to emphasize the motion, in addition to adding semi-transparent type in the background to further highlight the reflective nature of the music. The vinyl packaging uses other takes from the same photoshoot. Spot varnish is used on the vinyl cover to replicate the translucent type from the poster.

A pink and purple poster with white, dynamic type.
1st page of the artist's booklet. Features the musicians' names in white on a light purple background.Front cover of the artist's booklet, featuring an intersection of colour, light, and tiny air bubbles.
1st page of the artist's booklet. Features the musicians' names in white on a light purple background.2nd page of the artist's booklet. Features a description of the album in dark blue, on top of a scenic photograph featuring a river in the foreground, and buildings in the background.
3rd page of the artist's booklet. A description of the composter in white type, on top of a dark blue background.4th page of the artist's booklet. A portrait of the artist in front of a dark blue background, with fruits on a white table in the foreground.
5th page of the artist's booklet. The track list is featured in white type, on top of a close up image of an upright piano.6th page of the artist's booklet. Features the producers' names in white on a light purple background.
Back cover of the artist's booklet, featuring an intersection of colour, light, and tiny air bubbles.2nd page of the artist's booklet. Features a description of the album in dark blue, on top of a scenic photograph featuring a river in the foreground, and buildings in the background.

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