OUGD505 - Studio Brief 2 - Sting - 'The Empty Chair'

Sting was asked to create a song for the James Foley story. Foley was a journalist who was kidnapped and beheaded by ISIS and his story is being made into a film. Sting sought the metaphor of an empty chair to illustrate the loss a great man that will never return home.

'So don't despair of the empty chair
And somehow I'll be there'

'Well I was always late for every meal you'll swear
But keep my place and the empty chair
And somehow I'll be there'

Marc David Spengler 

Screen Print of an empty plastic chair offers a unique style which highlights the negative space of a plastic chair. This bold style would boldy illustrate the empty chair due to the lack of detail.