Project: The Typographic Voice Kiosk

Sunday November 24th 2010
11.00 – 17.00
Project Space Onomatopee
Kanaalstraat 8, Eindhoven
Free entrance

THE KIOSK showcases the work that was created within the scope of the ‘Typographic Voice’ minor, which ran through the months of september to december 2009 at the ArtEZ Academy of Arts Arnhem. This minor focused on the changing role of the designer, transitioning from maker to author, and assessed the affects current technology has on stable and unstable media, language and communication. Students were encouraged to interact during all phases of the project by ‘open sourcing’ their creative process on the Typographic Voice Blog.

The design of the exhibition was based on this conflict of language, form and medium. It is an attempt to take concepts that are native to the virtual domain and translate them directly to the project space of Onomatopee, displaying the work in such a way existing relationships between pieces become visible. This relational context should result in a visual interaction between the work.

Every student was asked to select a maximum of three pieces to showcase at the exhibition. These pieces were hence provided with a descriptive text and tagged with several keywords the student defined himself. These keywords (or ‘tags’, as known on the internet) vary from formal characteristics as ‘black & white’ or ‘catalogue’ to more abstract concepts like individuality and language. The extent to which these keywords match ultimately determined the position of each piece in the project space. This results in a spatial distribution of work where physical distance actually resembles the substantive relationship between the typographic pieces.

Visitors of the exhibition can navigate the space by use of the handouts provided at the entrance. Twelve piles correspond to the 12 most popular keywords used to describe the exhibited pieces. Every handout displays all pieces tagged with the respective keyword, and provides for each a description and information on where it is to be found. The visitor’s selection of handouts then determines how he or she explores the work exhibited at the Kiosk. (text: tiemen rapati)

Concept, design & programming:
Charlie Berendsen & Tiemen Rapati
Realization: Leonie Krol, Dominique Banning, Ralf de Graaf, Marjolein Hameleers, Charlie Berendsen & Tiemen Rapati

UPDATE: See photos of the project