Rules of Hypergraphy

texts by Paul Gangloff, Marc Matter, Hans and Gretel Metzger, Karl Nawrot, Jörg Piringer, Roland Sabatier

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Author(s)

Paul Gangloff, Marc Matter, Hans and Gretel Metzger, Karl Nawrot, Jörg Piringer, Roland Sabatier

Publication, year

Nijmegen : Extrapool, 2014

Scope

104 Pages, illustrated, 20 cm.

ISBN

9789074781008

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“Hypergraphy” is an artistic practice developed by the Lettrist avant-garde in the 1950s. They defined it as “introducing into alphabetic writing not only the art of painting, but the graphics of all people or social categories past and present, as well as the graphics or anti-graphics of every individual imagination”. The accompanying publication works as a subtext for the exhibition. It provides further insight into the concept of hypergraphy, but also prolongs the investigation by taking a detour into the relation between the Lettrists and the punks.

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Location

Cabinet 13 - 3: Grafische vormgeving

Remarks

Incl. Biographies.