Graphic memory (online conference)
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This online conference explores the crossflow of influences between handwriting, hand-drawn characters, and typographic printed/digital letterforms.
Calling all letterform enthusiasts! Join online for a wide-ranging set of talks in the conference ‘Graphic memory: the many lives of letters from handwriting to digital fonts and back’. TIMOTHY INGOLD (University of Aberdeen) | On opening the book of surfaces Timothy Ingold is one of the foremost anthropologists of his generation. He is the author of over fifteen books covering topics from evolution and social life to creativity and perception. He attended Churchill College, Cambridge, initially studying natural sciences but shifting to anthropology (BA in Social Anthropology 1970, PhD 1976). He is a fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen. JILL GAGE (Newberry Library, Chicago) | The pen’s triumph: the tenacity of handwriting in the age of print Jill Gage is Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing, and Bibliographer for British Literature and History at the Newberry Library, Chicago. She received her PhD in English Literature from the University of London. She holds an MA in English Literature from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an MS in library and information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has contributed to the Oxford companion to the book and The Newberry 125, and curated a number of exhibitions at the Newberry. HUNTER DUKES (Tampere University, Finland) | Scratching out the self: autography through the ages Hunter Dukes is University Lecturer in English Literature at Tampere University, Finland, in the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences. He was educated at Pomona College (BA), King’s College (MPhil), and Peterhouse, Cambridge (PhD), where he also held a Research Fellowship. He is a Contributing Editor at The Public Domain Review. His essays and reviews have appeared in a wide range of publications, including the Los Angeles Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, and The Economist. UELI KAUFMANN (University of Bern, Switzerland) | Exchanges between modernist typography and Swiss school handwriting Ueli Kaufmann is a designer and design historian focusing on the history of typography and letterforms, their historiography, and their intertwinement with economy, technology, education, and politics, as well as different professional and cultural practices. He is a doctoral researcher at the University of Bern and a visiting lecturer at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences. ANDREA WUNDERLICH (Calligrapher, designer, lettering artist) | Finding inspiration in medieval manuscripts Andrea Wunderlich is a calligrapher, book artist, and designer based in Germany. She has exhibited her artwork internationally, and her work is held in public collections such as the Berlin Calligraphy Collection. She has worked in various fields of lettering-design, on a wide range of commissions, including sign-painting, chalkboard lettering, logo-design, and murals. She is a member of the German calligraphy society Schreibwerkstatt Klingspor Offenbach and was awarded fellowship of the Calligraphy & Lettering Arts Society in 2017. JULIA VANCE (Sculptor, calligrapher, lettercutter) | Draw the line Julia Vance is an artist based in Norway and Italy (Oslo/Pietrasanta) whose work translates letters into sculpture. Her word-sculptures bend stone into tightly stretched surfaces with precisely defined curves and edges. In expressing a third dimension to the two-dimensional world of lettering and words, she seeks form for the eye and food for thought. She has undertaken several official commissions in Norway (County of Larvik, Munch Museum, Vigeland Museum/Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo) and exhibited her work internationally. HARALD GEISLER (Typographer, typeface designer) Harald Geisler is an artist known for his typographic projects on the role of writing in society. He is a broadly skilled typographer specialising in handwriting fonts. He received his formal education in design from The HfG in Offenbach, during which he republished the book Designing Programs by Karl Gerstner, with Lars Muller Publishers (Switzerland). He currently directs his own studio based in Frankfurt. He has worked for, among others, Linotype (Germany) and the Goethe University (Frankfurt).
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