2014 Polaris Short List Posters Revealed (PHOTOS)

September 12 2014 · by Aaron Brophy

The artists and artwork for this year’s Polaris Posters has been revealed.

The annual program features 10 artists graphically interpreting the 10 albums on the 2014 Short List. The resulting specially curated posters are then presented to the musicians at the Polaris Gala. A very limited number of the posters will also be made available to the public through the Polaris Store at $30 each.

Here are the artists and the albums they were responsible for (see the posters below):

Jud Haynes for Arcade Fire’s Reflektor

Caitlyn Murphy for Basia Bulat’s Tall Tall Shadow

Sandi Falconer for Drake’s Nothing Was The Same

Jarett Sitter for Jessy Lanza’s Pull My Hair Back

Melinda Josie for Mac DeMarco’s Salad Days

Nik Dudukovic for Owen Pallett’s In Conflict

Paul Chin for Shad’s Flying Colours

Shannon Reid for Tanya Tagaq’s Animism

Tristan Marantos for Timber Timbre’s Hot Dreams

Andrew Kolb for YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN’s UZU

Posters will also be included in the Art In Transit program and will be shown in malls across Canada in the following locations:

British Columbia

* Coquitlam, Coquitlam
* Mayfair Shopping Centre, Surrey
* Metropolis at Metrotown, Burnaby
* Oakridge Centre, Vancouver
* Richmond Centre, Richmond
* Woodgrove Shopping Centre, Nanaimo

Alberta

* Cross Iron Mills, Calgary
* Southgate Shopping Centre, Edmonton
* Sunridge Mall, Calgary

Manitoba

* Kildonan Place, Winnipeg

Ontario

* Bayshore Shopping Centre, Ottawa
* Burlington Mall, Burlington
* Bramalea City Centre, Brampton
* Cambridge Centre, Cambridge
* Conestoga Mall, Waterloo
* Cloverdale Mall, Etobicoke
* Devonshire Mall, Windsor
* Dixie Outlet Mall, Mississauga
* Dynamic Funds Tower – The Path, Toronto
* Holt Renfrew Centre – The Path & Underground, Toronto
* Lynden Park Mall, Brantford
* Mapleview Mall, Burlington
* Oakville Place, Oakville
* Oshawa Centre, Oshawa
* Quinte Mall, Belleville
* Royal Bank Plaza/Parkade – The Path, Toronto
* Richmond Adelaide – The Path, Toronto
* St. Laurent, Ottawa
* Stone Road, Guelph
* Vaughan Mills, Vaughan

Québec

* Carrefour Rimouski, Rimouski
* Centre Rockland, Montréal
* Complexe Les Ailes, Montréal
* Galeries De Hull, Hull
* Galeries Rive-Nord, Repentigny
* Mail Champlain, Brossard
* Montréal Eaton Centre, Montréal
* Laurier Québec, Ste. Foy
* Place Montréal Trust, Montréal
* Place Rosemere, Rosemere
* Place Ste-Foy, Ste. Foy
* Les Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres

Maritimes

* Mic Mac Mall, Dartmouth, NS