Alphabetica 2: Entering Otherworlds

About Alphabetica 2: Entering Otherworlds

Entering Otherworlds is the second edition of the Alphabetica symposium series, which explores design and writing systems through the broad lens of their formal, cultural and imaginative dimensions.

Through contributions from experts in typography, philosophy, art and design, the symposium invites audiences to step beyond the familiar and encounter new spiritual, cultural and aesthetic practices. In dialogue with the current Alphabetum exhibition, 'Writing Systems of the Otherworld' by Edgar Walthert and Tim Brookes — surveying dream-inspired alphabets and visionary scripts of resistance and identity — Alphabetica 2 expands this theme into the wider field of human creativity, focusing particularly on visual art, design, and typography. The symposium forms part of the four-year Worlding Art programme at West Den Haag, which investigates how art can generate new forms of relation, meaning, and society. Drawing on feminist and postcolonial thought, 'worlding' in this context means exploring the essence of art itself ('worlding of art') and demonstrating how art can contribute to creating a fairer and more liveable world ('worlding through art'). In this way, audiences become active participants in the artistic process rather than mere spectators.

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Related Topics

• Graphic Design
• typography
• October
• Europe
• 2025