The “Stanley Kubrick: Taming Light” website was launched last week. The exhibition runs until October 31st in the Lighthouse cinema. I was asked to design and develop the site, in keeping with Kubrick’s taste and style. Interestingly, I discovered that Kubrick’s favourite font was Futura. Although this is not too surprising as he used it for the posters and title sequences of “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Eyes Wide Shut”, as well as for the Kubrick collection DVD boxset. Tony Frewin, Kubrick’s long-standing assistant, stated in an article in the Guardian that Futura was indeed “Stanley’s favourite typeface. It’s sans serif. He liked Helvetica and Univers, too. Clean and elegant.” I also incorporated a number of social media networks and tools into the website’s design in order to help promote the show and keep people that were interested in attending updated. You can join the show’s Facebook group or follow @KubrickTaming on Twitter.

The website had to be turned around quite quickly and as is often the case there were delays with getting some of the artworks ready and content delivered for the site. However, it was launched in time for the opening night and to the curator’s satisfaction. I have still yet to attend the show but I am hoping to see it over the weekend while I check out some of this year’s Darklight events. I’ll also be collecting a specially commissioned limited edition poster 0f the main illustration from the website homepage, designed by Martin Ansin. Ansin’s hand-drawn retrospective of some of Kubrick’s classic characters is overseen by a portrait of the director and is available as a collector’s item as a high-quality print at the Light House Cinema or by e-mailing kubricktaming@gmail.com. The limited edition of 250 is available to buy for a very reasonable price of 5o euros. Read more about the poster in Ansin’s own words here.

The exhibition was curated by John Maguire, a film critic with the Irish Sunday Business Post newspaper and the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show on 100-102 Today FM. Read more about the show in John’s own words on his blog.

The show has received quite a bit of coverage including articles/ features on:

• Film Ireland
• Darklight
• Filmbase
• Cinematical
• Le Cool
• The Lighthouse Cinema
• IFTN (Irish Film and Television Network)
• Candy Collective
• The Irish Times
• The Sunday Tribune
• The Sunday Busines Post
• RTE’s “The View”
• Scamp
• Movies.ie
• Today FM’s “Ian Dempsey – Breakfat Show”
• Newstalk’s “Culture Shock”
• Kiersten Essenpreis ‘You Fail’ Blog
• QBN
• Entertainment.ie

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