PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Amalgam #4 points toward the inextricably intertwined relationships between typography, language, and power. In doing so, it assembles a series of essays, anecdotal notes, conversations, and artworks that engage with, hint at, or revolve around the theme of collapse. From collapse of language syntax, to collapse of semantics, barriers between languages, and language itself, this collection reverberates the material and immaterial conditions, formations, reproduction, and dissemination of power through language and typography. A series of revolutionary headdresses; the auditory and polemic bonds between the letters X, ח, and خ; the interiorities of illegibility; the downfall of the ancient Silk Road patterns; the West Asian Goddesses; an asemic grief; a deliberately missing language; a hearty stutter; and an Aleph that wore a hat to school.

Edited and designed by Pouya Ahmadi.

Contributors of this issue (in order of appearance): Adrien Flores, JJJJJerome Ellis, Klara du Plessis, Sophie Seita, Luis Camnitzer, Slavs and Tatars, Mimi Ọnụọha, Minh Nguyen, Maia Ruth Lee, Mashinka Firunts Hakopian, Helina Metaferia, Paul Soulellis, Carlos Motta, Lucy I. Zimmerman, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Paul Benzon, Morehshin Allahyari, Anahita Razmi, J. Dakota Brown, Shabahang Tayyari, Mahan Moalemi, Dennis Grauel, Sasha Wilmoth, Thy Hà, and Alec Mapes-Frances

BOOK INFORMATION

Trim Size: 6.5 x 9

Number of Pages: 200

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Typefaces: Pantasia by Wei Hunag, Herbik by Daniel Veneklaas, Telas by Seb McLauchlan, Eyja by Thy Hà

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Creative Director: Pouya Ahmadi

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Other Credits: Contributors: Adrien Flores (Juanita Care), Alec Mapes- Frances, Anahita Razmi, Carlos Motta, Counter Forms (Dominic Hofstede, Robert Janes, Sasha Wilmoth, Vincent Chan, Wei Hunag), Daniel Veneklaas, Dennis Grauel, Helina Metaferia, J. Dakota Brown, JJJJJerome Ellis, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Klara du Plessis, Lucy I. Zimmerman, Lena Singer, Luis Camnitzer, Mahan Moalemi, Maia Ruth Lee, Mashinka Firunts Hakopian, Mimi Ọnụọha, Minh Nguyen, Morehshin Allahyari, Nat Pyper, Paul Benzon, Paul Soulellis, Seb McLauchlan, Shabahang Tayyari, Slavs and Tatars, Sophie Seita, Thy Hà. Copy Editor: Lena Singer

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