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For the curious, the strange and enigmatic symbol (which took a long time to try to recreate here! lol) used on the album cover is a stylized version of a radio emissions given out by a pulsar, a “rotating neutron star”!
The neutron star was originally named CP 1919, a pulsar discovered in November 1967 by then student Jocelyn Bell Burnell (b 1943) and her PhD supervisor Antony Hewish of Cambridge University. As the star turns, it emits electromagnetic radiation in a beam - a bit like a lighthouse - which can be detected by radio telescopes. Each line on the image represents an individual pulse of the star.
Bernard Sumner (b 1956) - at the time himself a graphic designer working at the much lauded Cosgrove Hall animation studios (which operated from 1976-2009) in Chorlton, Manchester - saw the image. In a 2015 interview about the album, Bernard said; “On my lunch break, I'd go to the Manchester Central Library, and get a sandwich at the cafe. They had a good art section and a good science section. I'd read through the books in search of inspiration. One of the images I found was the 'Unknown Pleasures' image that clicked with me straight away. In Joy Division, I had insomnia and stayed up very late. I was building synthesisers - they took months to build, soldering all the components, and I’d have 2001: A Space Odyssey playing in the background. If you take the obelisk out of that movie, it has that same black shape.” For the record, it turns out the image he saw was in the 1977 printing of the 'Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy.'
When Joy Division were looking to release their début album with Tony Wilson’s 'Factory Records' in the summer of 1979, they went to the label’s in-house designer Peter Saville (b 1955) to discuss the cover. Peter fiddled around with several versions before settling on the mysterious black and white image.
Anyway, as always, I hope this leg amputee Velma amuses more than she offends.
And, as always, many thanks to those who stop by here and leave encouraging words or useful feedback. It's truly, truly appreciated!
Best wishes for 2019 to all!
John
It's the start of a new year and I wanted to build a discipline of getting into more contests!
This contest looked for: a lady clad ONLY in a shirt that has the logo or name of their favourite band. Real bands or fictional bands were both valid.
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I felt this was an excellent excuse to revisit the style I began to dip into last year of a Finnish artist- Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946).
Helene, known for her portraits and landscapes, won several scholarships to study art and later went on to be a teacher of art. One of Helene's most popular paintings features a young lady putting on dancing shoes. It has echoes of Degas. Her style shifted greatly over her journey through her art. Mostly art historians seem to classify her in the Modernist School.
so, I went with that...and Velma - almost certainly a secret listener to Joy Division! The Joy Division tee-shirt is so well known!
Why Joy Division? A ton of reasons. I love some of their stuff - and listened to 'Atmosphere' and 'Transmission' on repeat a lot while working on this Submission.
Why Joy Division? A ton of reasons. I love some of their stuff - and listened to 'Atmosphere' and 'Transmission' on repeat a lot while working on this Submission.
For the curious, the strange and enigmatic symbol (which took a long time to try to recreate here! lol) used on the album cover is a stylized version of a radio emissions given out by a pulsar, a “rotating neutron star”!
The neutron star was originally named CP 1919, a pulsar discovered in November 1967 by then student Jocelyn Bell Burnell (b 1943) and her PhD supervisor Antony Hewish of Cambridge University. As the star turns, it emits electromagnetic radiation in a beam - a bit like a lighthouse - which can be detected by radio telescopes. Each line on the image represents an individual pulse of the star.
Bernard Sumner (b 1956) - at the time himself a graphic designer working at the much lauded Cosgrove Hall animation studios (which operated from 1976-2009) in Chorlton, Manchester - saw the image. In a 2015 interview about the album, Bernard said; “On my lunch break, I'd go to the Manchester Central Library, and get a sandwich at the cafe. They had a good art section and a good science section. I'd read through the books in search of inspiration. One of the images I found was the 'Unknown Pleasures' image that clicked with me straight away. In Joy Division, I had insomnia and stayed up very late. I was building synthesisers - they took months to build, soldering all the components, and I’d have 2001: A Space Odyssey playing in the background. If you take the obelisk out of that movie, it has that same black shape.” For the record, it turns out the image he saw was in the 1977 printing of the 'Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy.'
When Joy Division were looking to release their début album with Tony Wilson’s 'Factory Records' in the summer of 1979, they went to the label’s in-house designer Peter Saville (b 1955) to discuss the cover. Peter fiddled around with several versions before settling on the mysterious black and white image.
I hope to revisit Helene's style again. A I mentioned before, I find her work beautiful and skilful.
Anyway, as always, I hope this leg amputee Velma amuses more than she offends.
And, as always, many thanks to those who stop by here and leave encouraging words or useful feedback. It's truly, truly appreciated!
Best wishes for 2019 to all!
John
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Now I want to see what else was entered into this contest, but the two links in the description are no longer working. I do realize this is more than 2 years old.