TICKETS PLEASE BY BLAISE HAYWARD
Tickets Please , New York 2023
An avid music fan and admirer of typography and graphic design, Hayward began making Tickets Please in March 2023 after walking by a concert hall and noticing people simply displaying a QR code on their phones to enter the show. Serendipitously, he had also just reconnected with a friend who collects concert ticket stubs. The series presents a combination of those stubs and vintage tickets he has since sourced and purchased himself.
For Hayward, the tickets represent a vanishing analog art form and a nostalgia for an iconic era of rock-n-roll. "I look at these tickets as mini works of art: the font selections, the layout, the color, the copy. All done with careful consideration to detail." the color, the copy. Each stub is a fragment of history-their haphazard tears and distinctive creases emblematic of what is considered the golden age of music.
These works are printed on Canson rag photographique paper. The project is ongoing.
Led Zeppelin, Nippon Budokan, To...
Crosby Stills & Nash, Market Squ...
Bob Dylan, Stade De Colombes, Co...
The Bee Gees, Shinjuku Kosei Nen...
James Gang, 1972 by Blaise Hayward
The Ramones, 1983 by Blaise Hayward
Jethro Tull, 1976 by Blaise Hayward
Supertramp, Breakfast in Europe,...
Jefferson Airplane, 1970 by Blai...
The Who, 1976 by Blaise Hayward
Coldplay, 2012 by Blaise Hayward
Miles Davis, 1968 by Blaise Hayward
Woodstock, 1969 by Blaise Hayward
Jane's Addiction, 1991 by Blaise...
Elvis Presley, 1974 by Blaise Ha...
Bob Dylan, 1981 by Blaise Hayward
Joan Baez, 1969 by Blaise Hayward
Cher, The Colosseum, Caesars Pal...
Johnny Cash, Jackson Municipal A...
The Rolling Stones, Tangerine Bo...
Sonic Youth, Hamberg Docks by Bl...
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, G...
The Who, Madison Square Garden b...
Joni Mitchell, Waikiki by Blaise...
Eric Clapton, Nippon Budokan by ...
The Eagles, Nippon Budokan by Bl...
Metallica, Hippodrome by Blaise ...
Billy Joel, Madison Square Garde...
The Beatles Candlestick Park by ...
Radiohead Freakshow by Blaise Ha...
Thin Lizzy by Blaise Hayward
The Tragically Hip by Blaise Hay...
The Police by Blaise Hayward
Sex Pistols The Last Concert by ...
RadioHead SJM by Blaise Hayward
Phish Philadelphia by Blaise Hay...
Phish MSG by Blaise Hayward
Oasis by Blaise Hayward
Grateful Dead 50 Years Candle by...
Eurythmics by Blaise Hayward
ELO by Blaise Hayward
Blondie by Blaise Hayward
Traffic by Blaise Hayward
The Cream by Blaise Hayward
The Clash by Blaise Hayward
Super Tramp by Blaise Hayward
Queen by Blaise Hayward
