THE ARTWORK
In Jean François Bory’s Agentzia, Blatt-nr. 3, writing acquires a form to be looked at even before it is read. Small characters gather into a large sinuous figure, flanked by vertical elements that modify its rhythm. The page becomes a space of tension between word and image.
The 1969 screenprint uses black-and-white contrast to make this transformation apparent. From a distance, the overall structure emerges; close up, the typographic units become visible again. The work invites changes of viewing distance and recognition of how language can become visual material.
The 1969 screenprint uses black-and-white contrast to make this transformation apparent. From a distance, the overall structure emerges; close up, the typographic units become visible again. The work invites changes of viewing distance and recognition of how language can become visual material.