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What is a hybrid?

Posted on March 31st 2010

Inspired by cultural mash-ups and globalisation, Stephen Burks collaborates on a series that explores hybridity in colourful assemblages.


“In a word, it’s a mix, a mongrel, a collaboration and a contradiction. It’s an impossible juxtaposition of cultures, beings and objects. It’s the moment, the blur, the hapa, the half-breed – erasing borders, combining forces, re-thinking our mission on the planet,” explains Stephen Burks of Readymade Projects. Inspired by the cultural mash-up and globalisation visible in his own New York studio, Burks collaborated with art directors Monica Brand and Francisco Lopez of Mogollon and photographer Daniel Hakansson to create a series of colourful assemblages – anthropomorphic creatures, monsters and half-breeds. This limited-edition of offset-printed and silk-screened posters are available at www.readymadeprojects.com

Stephen Burks

With his New York studio, Readymade Projects, Stephen Burks has been responsible for creative design direction on projects ranging from retail interiors and events to packaging, lighting, furniture and home accessories.

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