Dimension and Type exhibition
An opening reception is planned from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Jan. 9 at the gallery, 230 W. Superior St., Chicago.
I space gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday,
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An exhibition that explores the
potential of multi-dimensional typography opens
Jan. 9 and runs through Feb. 7 at I space, the Chicago
gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:
“Dimension and Typography: A Survey of Letterforms
in Space and Time” features recent work in print, video,
sculpture and installation by an international group of
artists, designers and programmers.
According to co-curator Jimmy Luu, a professor of
graphic design at Illinois, the exhibitors have a shared
interest in “investigating the potential of letters that
exist beyond the flatness of two dimensions.” Work
included in the survey, he said, hints at how the field
of typography may evolve “when letters are freed
from their two-dimensional traditions.”
“Up until the past decade, letters have mainly been
presented as flat shapes in printed form,” said Luu,
who is curating the exhibition with Ryan Molloy, a
professor of graphic design at Eastern Michigan
University. “While the notion of giving dimension
to letterforms has existed for centuries within the
field of typography as smaller pockets of activity,
recent advances in digital technology has provided
designers greater freedom and ease with which to
explore the spatial and temporal qualities of typo-
graphic form.”
Featured in the exhibition is work by Mohammad
Reza Abdolali, Iran; Yeohyun Ahn, John Page Corrigan
and Viviana Cordova, Indiana; Andrew Byrom and
Geoff Kaplan, California, J. Kyle Daevel, Tennessee;
Oded Ezer and Ariel Malka, Israel; Jack Featherstone
and Chyrsosotoms Tsimourdagkas, London; Denise
Gonzales-Crisp and Will Temple, North Carolina;
Keetra Dixon + Jonathan Keller, Andrew Sloat and
Benjamin Van Dyke New York; Tuan Phan, Texas;
and Jim Stevens, Michigan.
information source is from university of Illinoi news
— Viviana Cordova
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