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About this book
Of all the words one uses in a day, the hand written ones are the most rare. Written with a pen on a small piece of paper or carved with a knife in a tree. Physically made words. Most words are made with a machine such as a laptop or a phone. Words you've never really touched. One learns to make the words by hand as a child, but very soon after that, one starts using a machine. The handwriting years come more or less to an end with the first keyboard. And like drawing it becomes an ancient act; You draw it when you can't find a photo or camera and you handwrite it when you can't find a keyboard. When it's unreadable to the other, it becomes some kind of drawing. Readability depends of codes and conventions. Just for one person or for billions; like Chinese. This book is a silent space where the signs and words have come to a rest. Where they don't have to act by what they mean. Send drawings! This is number three of four books all based on the idea: 99% drawings, 1% text (see www.jandlbooks.org). The next book will be a manual for hands: "Drawings on Hands." Please feel free to send images you've found (should be drawings and should be by email or post) to: Serge Onnen Prinsengracht 653 1016HV Amsterdam The Netherlands or J&L Books P.O. Box 723991 Atlanta, Georgia 31139 USA We deeply appreciate the courtesy of the following artists, galleries and organizations: Vincent van Gogh Gustave Flaubert Leon Ferrari Anneliese Coste / Courtesy Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam Benoit Plateau / Courtesy Galerie Aline Vidal, Paris Roland Topor Napoleon Bonaparte Christian Dotremont Dick Raaijmakers / Courtesy V2, Rotterdam Rene Daniels / Courtesy Gallery Paul Andriessen, Amsterdam Henri Jacobs / Courtesy Gallery Paul Andriessen, Amsterdam Sherlock Holmes Trenton Doyle Hancock / Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, NYC Charles Vreuls Tiago Estrada Sylvano Bussotti Jaap Blonk Roland Barthes Robert Walser Yani Christou Jean Luc Parant / Courtesy l'Enseigne des Oudins, Paris Henri Chopin / Courtesy l'Enseigne des Oudins, Paris Serge Onnen Algator / Courtesy l'Enseigne des Oudins, Paris Richard Niessen Voebe de Gruyter Logothetis James Lee Byars / Courtesy Gallery Paul Andriessen, Amsterdam Ana Hatherly / Lisboa 20 Arte Contemporanea, Lisbon Dominic McGill / Courtesy Derek Eller gallery, NYC Graham Gillmore / Courtesy Vanina Holasek Gallery, NYC Gordon Terry / Courtesy Gmodule, Paris Juli Gudehus Olav Westphalen / Courtesy Maccarone Inc., NYC Earle Brown Jeremy Everett / Courtesy Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles Central Intelligence Agency Shakers Alexandre Estrela Christopher McNulty Marcus Raetz Guy Richard Smit / Courtesy Fred gallery, London Lily van der Stokker Kinke Kooi / Courtesy Features inc. NYC Allan Graham-Toadhouse / Courtesy -Features Inc. NYC Andre Masson Daragh Reeves Cornelius Cardew Max Ernst Tanja Smit Carl Ferrero Federal Bureau of Investigation Trisha Brown Xu Bing Korwa Tribe Eva onnen Oorbeek / Klaas Kuitenbrouwer Victor Hugo Paul Noble / Courtesy Maureen Paley, London and many anonymous masters . . . Very special thanks to: The Drawing Centre NY, Bibliotheque National de Paris, Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits Paris, Donna Wolf, Jason Fulford, Leanne Shapton, Paul Andriessen, Alain Oudin, Alexandre Estrela, Ad Petersen, Arie Altena, Anna Tilroe, Mariana Ungureanu, Rolf Bier, Ethan Crenson, Willem van Weelden, Caren Golden, Ellen Harvey, Richard Niessen, Jeff Gleich, Lee Ellickson, Sara Platon, Catherine de Zeeger, Azerty: l'aphabet du monde by Massin, and The History of the Alphabeth by Isaac Taylor.  This book was made with generous support from FONDS BKVB and the Consulate General of the Netherlands Published by: J&L Books P.O. Box 723991 Atlanta, GA 31139 USA www.jandlbooks.org Distributed by: D.A.P. 155 Sixth Avenue New York, NY, 10013 USA Tel: (212) 627-1999 Fax: (212) 627-9484 www.artbook.com Editing: Serge Onnen Design: Serge Onnen & Jan Haux Web design: Ethan Crenson Cover Font: Krasletter by Hansje van Halem Printed by Printcrafters / Westcan, Winnipeg, Canada Print run: 2,000 copies All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a database or retrieval system, or published, in any form or in any way, electronically, mechanically, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means without prior written permission from the publisher. ISBN: 978-0-9799188-0-3 © 2008 J&L Books, Inc. | |