data visualisation poster of the song "The Great Commandment" by Camouflage
The final outcome is a three-dimensional poster that explores the political references (to the Cold War and 1984 by George Orwell) by illustrating the themes in the song in relation to significant words in the lyrics. Each word has a valence value* within the range of -5 ro +5 (as established by ANEW/AFINN/SentiStrength).
At a glance, one is able to see that the song carries mostly negative themes and moods despite the synth-pop/disco bear that it has that isn't usually associated with such dark and depressing themes.
The themes of hope, power and fear are the themes in the book that are parallel to that of the Cold War. Each of these emotions (themes) were used to gain political authority - Big Brother in 1984 and in the case of the music video, the man standing at the rostum giving a speech.
The use of the acrylic casing creates the effect of "exposing" - to reveal the true, objectionable nature of something or someone by making visible. This parallels the exposé in the music video where a child finds out by chance that the speaker is actually a controlled machine and she exposes it to the audience. The mechanical, controlled feel is represented by the wires - again, a parallel to the controlled speaker in the video whose body breaks on falling, exposing wires.
In addition to that, the idea of enclosing the whole thing within walls is to create the feeling of being trapped and suppressed, as suggested in the song.
As the song was released in the 1988, the typography in this poster has adopted the art direction that was prevalent during that period for a sense of coherence.
