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- Artists
- EMEK
 - Bands
- Cure, The
- Manufacturer
- Collectionzz
- Edition Details
| Year: | 2023 | | Class: | Poster | | Status: | Official | | Run: | 25 | | Technique: | Screen Print | | Paper: | Foil Stock | | Size: | 20 X 30 | | Markings: | Signed & Numbered |
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- Venues
- Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, CA
- Event
- May 23, 2023
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I try to make art that teenage me would’ve liked to have hanging on his wall, but that older me now would still like to hang on my wall. Maybe to some The Cure are a cute Love Cats type of band. (and that’s cool, Love that song- but that imagery has been done so many times)…or some folks might just think about their quirky pop sensibilities like head on the door, lovesong, etc. and that’s fine too.
After all I live in Portland, where we have a great little food cart called "Fried Eggs I'm in Love”.
But to me, the Cure are deeper than that. They are dark and mysterious and will lead you down a labyrinth into the wild uncharted spaces deep in the forest of your emotions and imagination… yes, I like the darker shit.
One of the first LP record albums I ever bought was the Cure: boys don’t cry. I bought it with my own chores money when it first came out. (Yes, I’m old, but not like Robert Smith old. Ha. May he live forever.) I think I was 12 years old when I bought it. I liked the art. I had such a shitty old record player I’d have to put a nickel on it just to keep the needle down. Their sound was unique and instantly took me to a beautifully haunted mental space. They were a big part of my young formative years. Good music to make art to …good music to feel things to.
I still have that early album.
But also, I’m from LA, I grew up going to the Hollywood Bowl. My parents took my there all the time. They even kept a sketchbook of drawings I did while listening to the symphony at the Bowl when I was 5 and 6. My dad actually made a few concert posters for some big events at the Bowl- and he had a 30 foot tall mural hung there. I got to go backstage and meet some bands when I was very little. That was also a big influence on me wanting to make concert posters for a living.
This poster was obviously inspired by the Cure’s first big hit when I was a kid. “A Forest”
The image came to me in a dream like most of my poster ideas do . I got offered the job and it’s a bucket list job but I was in the middle of several deadlines so I wasn’t sure if I could fit it in… But then I had the dream.. and it was so simple… but in my head, it looked cool, so I woke up and I said yes I want that job. Robert Smith said he liked my art. “It’s Fab”. That’s the highest compliment.
The song- and the poster…evoke a very cinematic feel. A big close up of Robert Smith’s iconic eyes and signature distinct hair becoming the forest with a reflection of a long lost memory. Also, maybe in the poster there’s a few other little hidden song references as well…
“come Closer and See
See into the Trees
Find the girl while you can
Come closer and see
See into the dark
Just follow your Eyes
Just follow your Eyes
I hear her voice
Calling my name
The sound is deep
In the dark
I hear her voice
And start to run
Into the trees
Suddenly I stop
But I know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
All alone
The Girl was never there
It's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
Again and again and again and again”
-emek
Emek_Studios
A long time Cure fan, bitches
Portland Oregon
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