Frontpage

Conceived, written, and prepared for being published in a German art magazine, to coincide with a gallery exhibition. Next to an interview conducted with the director of the Stuttgart Ethnographic Museum, seven illustrations were painted, based on activities in the very museum.

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Freizeit

1993

A unique set of discursively related publications, which focus on transformative developments occurring in the realm of writing and speaking today as triggered by digital communication. These shifts are part of a wider cultural process…

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Fog Friend Font: Ways of Doing Multilingual Sense

2019

A poster, a flyer, and newspaper ads announce an evening of public discussion. The invited participants of the panel are a heartsurgeon, a canyoning professional, a self-employed architect, and a sociologist, who debate risks, and the concept of risk in their respective activities and fields.

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Risiko(verhalten)

1998

Anna Winteler groeide op in Neuchâtel, in het Franstalige deel van Zwitserland, en werd in de jaren ’80 internationaal bekend met haar videowerk. In 1991 besloot ze een punt te zetten achter haar artistieke bedrijvigheid. Toen ik haar de afgelopen zomer toevallig ontmoette, stonden haar naam en haar werk me nog helder voor de geest. Na een eerste gedachtewisseling besloten we een afspraak te maken voor een gesprek over de omstandigheden en de motieven die haar tot haar beslissing hadden aangezet. Met Anna Winteler sprak ik ongeveer vijftien jaar nadat ze een punt achter haar artistieke werk had gezet.

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Speelruimte voor beslissingen

2004

An auction of the copyrights of 14 digitised Basque „Euskara“ typefaces is announced using a press conference. It is mentioned that these rights are with a private owner, who has digitised the recognised, widely employed, traditional typefaces during the mid-90s. A media debate begins.
The related symposium „On City development and Typography“ fuels the debate, which circles around folklore, Basque identity and the changing situation in the realm of copyright.

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International Auction of the Basque Typefaces

2000–2001

Bild 301

    Dedicated to experimental writing and linguistics, the publication compiles selected txt messages mixing letters, or characters, and emojis…

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Ear, Mind, Eye, Pad

2019

Podcast conversation between Marie-France Rafael and Hinrich Sachs, about the multi-author editorial framework Fog Friend Font: Ways of Doing Multilingual Sense.

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Displaying Multilingualism?

2020