A work table filled with prototypes of stitched tactile graphics

Interpreting Boris Bućan’s Theatrical Posters at Poster House

Fantastical Streets: The Theatrical Posters of Boris Bućan
September 26, 2024–February 23, 2025
Poster House Museum, NYC

Two visitors at the Boris Bucan gallery at the Poster House museum. One person is seated at the tactile table touching an interpretation of The Firebird/Petrushka poster and another visitor stands in front of the large Firebird/Petrushka poster.
Photography by Samuel Morgan, Courtesy Poster House
The tactile interpretation of The Firebird/Petrushka poster on the tactile table is in the foreground. The full size poster of The Firebird hangs behind it. The poster is of a black and white bird with a woman's body walking against tall leaves.

Tactile Graphics were machine stitched with polyester thread on Yupo paper. Paper cutting and layering techniques were used to create depth and texture.

The poster shown here is Bućan’s poster for The Firebird/Petrushka, 1983.

A close-up of a densely stitched tactile interpretation of The Firebird/Petrushka poster.
A side-view close up of the Firebird interpretation. The cut paper and densely stitched layers are discernible.
The poster for Othello hangs on the gallery wall, with the tactile graphic for the poster in the foreground. The Othello poster is of a white and black tiger hiding in the reeds.

Othello, 1983

Two embroidered tactile graphics of the Othello poster. The one on the left is an interpretation of the full poster, a black and white tiger hiding in the reeds. The tactile on the right is of a close up of the two tigers' faces, showing intricate details of the markings on the tigers' faces.
Embroidered tactile interpretations of Boris Bućan’s poster for Othello
A close up of hands touching the tactile graphic for Bućan's Othello poster.
Photography by Samuel Morgan, Courtesy Poster House