An art project space in the center of Arnhem, NL. Showcasing work of multidisciplinary makers.
An art project space in the center of Arnhem, NL. Showcasing work of multidisciplinary makers.
In between Emptiness and Fullness
WindowTalk #5
Summer invites spectators to imagine the life
and emotion of every outline that she drew.
Summer analyzes how lines take shape to create typefaces and investigate how emotions are both visual and linguistic. Her resulting aesthetic is a physical combination of 'comic background effects' and movement. The line drawings are based on emotions which she could not describe in words -
and visualized them within a letterform.
The drawings on the window and text written on the fabric show every movement in between Emptiness and Fullness where Ttubogi has traveled through. The collection of type specimens show a range of narrative paths through different materials, which bring to life the main character 'Ttubogi' from her comic book and place them into the physical space.
To her, type design is more than a letterform, craft, or functional tool. When making typefaces, her primary focus is telling stories and exploring the lives and emotions of these typefaces. The installation of the type specimen series In