Polaris Music Prize, Broken Social Scene – Cameron McKague

The Slaight Family
Polaris Heritage Prize
Broken Social Scene,
You Forgot It In People
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Client: Polaris Music Prize
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18 x 24 in
3-Colour Screenprint
2018

PURCHASE

I was approached to design a poster commemorating Broken Social Scene's monumental 2002 album You Forgot It In People for The Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize. This record made a considerable impact on me—and many others—upon its release and in my opinion, changed the course of popular Canadian music for the next decade.

The Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize honours Canadian albums of the past from four distinct time periods: 1960–75, 1976–85, 1986–95 and 1996–05. A select group of Canadian music media and historians gather together each year to create a vote-curated list of 10 Short List-nominated albums per era. Two albums per era, one chosen by public vote and one chosen by juror vote, are designated as Heritage Prize winners each year.

I was approached to design a poster commemorating Broken Social Scene's monumental 2002 album You Forgot It In People for The Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize. This record made a considerable impact on me—and many others—upon its release and in my opinion, changed the course of popular Canadian music for the next decade.

The Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize honours Canadian albums of the past from four distinct time periods: 1960–75, 1976–85, 1986–95 and 1996–05. A select group of Canadian music media and historians gather together each year to create a vote-curated list of 10 Short List-nominated albums per era. Two albums per era, one chosen by public vote and one chosen by juror vote, are designated as Heritage Prize winners each year.