Edmond Rostand: Cyrano
One of Najbrt’s long-term collaborations built on friendships from the start of the 1990s, this time with the founder of the Kašpar theatre company, Jakub Špalek, nurtured this exceptional visual identity. However dark, the Kašpar posters signify the sprouting of life energy partly credited to the personality of the photographer Adam Holý and in part to the vigorous start of the millennium. The tragedy of Cyrano was, as the poet Jaroslav Vrchlický confirms, “mainly due to two things – his Gascon nature and his allegedly immensely large nose.” The more the romantic hero tries to deny it, the more it protrudes, “all of his efforts lead to a great ideal and only his unfortunate appearance and adversity of the era stand in his way.” The classic typography for a play from the end of the 19th century that has been popular for a long time endorses a simple gesture of a crossed-out nose, which notes, obscures and yet highlights the pseudo-baroque rich photograph by Holý. Instead of boastfulness and fanfaronade, it offers ambiguous melancholy, daydreaming of a fool.
2006 Aleš Najbrt
photo Adam Holý
Production estimated up to 14 days, the possibility of printing sizes S to XL
price 400 CZK
