Freelance illustrator Lauren Rolwing is a film buff, so it was only natural for her to combine her art background with her passion for cinema. The result is 10 Posters on view at the Belcourt Theatre through March 5. An artist's reception takes place 5 to 6:30 p.m. today.
One of the most striking images in 10 Posters is Rolwing's sublimely sophisticated interpretation of Ingmar Bergman's Seventh Seal. Using only white, black and gray, she evokes the essence of the tale of a knight who challenges Death to a game of chess after returning from the Crusades. Rolwing's design has a skeletal arm reaching across the poster to push a button atop a chess clock.
"I just started cutting some shapes out of paper and laying them together in different ways until the composition came together," Rolwing explains. She generally begins this way — with cut paper, found objects or by painting — before scanning the components into her computer to finish the design.
Each poster is accompanied by a brief summary that reveals no more of the plot than necessary. "I hope to encourage people to watch the films," she says. "If you like the poster, then hopefully you'll like the film, too."
Lauren Rolwing's film posters are on view at Belcourt Theatre through March 5 during box office hours. The theater is at 2102 Belcourt Ave. For information, call the box office at 383-9140 or visit www.belcourt.org.
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