The brief asked us to create a response to a specific phrase. After sorting through roughly 2000 phrases I chose to work on 'ALL THINGS MUST PASS' as I was interested in the challenge of such a symbolically complex and intensely emotional phrase.
Research begun with the archetypal symbolism behind dusk, sunset, decomposition, metamorphosis and ashes. All of which relate to the end or passing of life which went on to inform many decisions throughout the process of development.
Transeundum Omnia, Latin for ‘All Things Must Pass’, is a publication and motion design piece on the topic of mortality. Each spread has a phrase or euphemism related to death, dying or being dead — accompanied by an abstract illustration with a Latin translation, a dead language. Each page of the publication descends further into darkness as the pages slowly fade to black and the page numbers count their way down to zero. The trim edges are coated in charcoal, a dead matter and the illustrations are additionally recorded onto a VHS, a dead format.