Imprints of slavery

The Danish Broadcasting Corporation approached us with the task of creating title sequence, graphics, and identity for their drama documentary about a family of Danish plantation owners and the people they enslaved in the pursuit of wealth. The series portrays the time when Denmark were involved in the transatlantic slave trade and its eventual end.

We worked with the idea of combining paintings glorifying the Danish wealth in the colonial times with hand imprints in blood, sweat and dirt, symbolising the slavebound that worked and suffered to bring this prosperity and wealth to a number of Danish families.