‘The Power of Words’
On the evening of March 2 – World Book Day – design company Pearlfisher will be hosting an event called ‘The Power of Words’. This includes an exhibition of typographic posters celebrating great first lines, as well as a number of word-savvy speakers giving readings and/or performances.Some of the classic first lines up for designerly treatment are Orwell’s ‘1984’, ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ by Arthur C Clarke, ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carrol, JM Barrie’s ‘Peter Pan’, ‘The Stranger’ by Albert Camus and ‘The Bible’ by various. How many of them can you cite?
The posters will be up until the end of March at the Pearlifisher Gallery at 50 Brook Green, London W6. If you’d be interested in coming along on the night, email Lisa Desforges – lisa.d@pearfisher.com. And remember to say that 26 sent you.
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