Character 2023

Femke Gyselinck & Joris Kritis - Robbrecht Desmet - Walther & Franz König

Character is an artist book composed from a danced alphabet documented in a series of frontal photographic reproductions.
Graphic designer Joris Kritis constructs a type specimen in rigorously playful page compositions echoing iconic logos, calligrams, graphic designs and concrete poetry.
The shapes danced by choreographer Femke Gyselinck jump, turn and twist, but her body purposely doesn’t bend to illustrate the letters from A to Z. It is through Kritis’ visual configurations of the photographs that reading the danced alphabet begins.
The photography in Character is by Robbrecht Desmet.

Book launch: November 10, 2023 at Bozar Bookshop, Brussels, BE

Book presentation: May 2, 2024 at 18:30 at BOEKS, a platform for showing books of KASK & Conservatorium in Ghent, BE.
Address: Kunstenbibliotheek. Godshuizenlaan 2A, Ghent

There will be a small exhibition with a library of references in the Cellarium of the Kunstenbibliotheek. Asli Çiçek will propose the scenography for the exhibition, running from May 2, 2024 till June 17, 2024.

Book presentation: July 7th, Julidans, Amsterdam, NL (more information soon available)

credits

An alphabet by Femke Gyselinck
A type specimen by Joris Kritis
Photography by Robbrecht Desmet
Text by Thomas Bîrzan

dates

10.11.2023

bozar

BRUSSELS (BE)

book launch

02.05.2024

boeks (kask & conservatorium)

GHENT (BE)

book presentation

07.07.2024

julidans

AMSTERDAM (NL)