{"id":4572,"date":"2014-07-03T14:21:36","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T14:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artjournalstg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=4572"},"modified":"2015-09-16T18:13:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T18:13:55","slug":"counter-to-type-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/?p=4572","title":{"rendered":"Counter to Type"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> In the Spring 2014 issue of <em>Art Journal<\/em>, Karen L. Schiff created an artists&#8217;s project, <em>Counter to Type<\/em>. Working from the typography on the covers and selected interior pages of the journal, she used colored pencils to draw on transparent overlays. She abstracted her images from the type: her lines and shapes call attention to &#8212; and defamiliarize &#8212; the design elements that structure the reading process. The printer then photographed her drawings, and superimposed them on the printed pages.<\/p>\n<p> Schiff also created this video, which explores her working process and the decisions she made while creating the drawings. <\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src= \"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/98142482?potrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> Schiff&#8217;s artist statement is an essay in the issue, &#8220;Connecting the Dots\/Hijacking Typography,&#8221; in which she discusses her project and word\/image considerations. The following list provides links to artworks, writings, groups and exhibitions she mentions in the essay.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<p><strong>Word-Image Criticism<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/criticalpractices.org\">Critical Practices, Inc.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nancy Princenthal&#8217;s &#8220;Prolixity and Painting&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/brooklynrail.org\/2013\/03\/editorsmessage\/prolixity-and-painting\"> forum<\/a> in <em>The Brooklyn Rail<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevant Text-Art Projects and Exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/humument.com\">A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel<\/em><\/a>, by artist Tom Phillips<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenbervin.com\/html\/desert.html\">\u201cThe Desert,\u201d<\/a> by artist Jen Bervin<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drawingcenter.org\/en\/drawingcenter\/5\/exhibitions\/9\/upcoming\/500\/drawing-time-reading-time\/\">Drawing Time, Reading Time<\/a><\/em> exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/artequalstext.aboutdrawing.org\">Art=Text=Art<\/a><\/em> exhibition, multiple venues in the US and Iceland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<p><strong> Contemporary Poetry Movements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/harriet\/2012\/04\/conceptual-writing-a-worldview\">Conceptual Writing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poets.org\/viewmedia.php\/prmMID\/5661\">Language Poetry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob Perelman\u2019s Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronnowpoetry.com\/contents\/perelman\/LiteralTranslation.html\"> \u201cA Literal Translation of Virgil\u2019s Fourth Eclogue\u201d<\/a>, text<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"http:\/\/media.sas.upenn.edu\/pennsound\/authors\/Perelman\/9Poets\/Perelman-Robert_05_Catalyst-and-Vigil's-Fourth-Eclogue_Nine-Poets_10-14-00.mp3\">recording<\/a> of Perelman reading the poem<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fcsmodpo.blogspot.com\/2013\/05\/bob-perelman-chronic-meanings.html?m=1\">\u201cChronic Meanings\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>His book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Virtual-Reality-Bob-Perelman\/dp\/0937804495\"><em>Virtual Reality<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenny Goldsmith\u2019s Poetry and Pedagogical Theory <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/writing.upenn.edu\/pennsound\/x\/Goldsmith-Weather.html\"> \u201cThe Weather\u201d <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cup.columbia.edu\/book\/978-0-231-14990-7\/uncreative-writing\"> <em>Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karen-schiff.com\">Karen L. Schiff\u2019s artwork<\/a> has appeared in the exhibition <a href=\"http:\/\/artequalstext.aboutdrawing.org\"> <em>Art=Text=Art<\/em><\/a>, which originated at the University of Richmond Museums and traveled to the Zimmerli Museum at Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey), and the Hafnarborg Museum (Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u2202ur, Iceland).  In the exhibition\u2019s next location, at SUNY Buffalo, she will participate in the November 2014 symposium \u201cReading Pictures: On Text in Art.\u201d She also has an <a href=\"http:\/\/artequalstext.aboutdrawing.org\/essays\/schiff-talk\">essay<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/artequalstext.aboutdrawing.org\/karen-schiff\">audio clips<\/a>, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/artequalstext.aboutdrawing.org\/karen-schiff-4\">curated conversation<\/a> at the exhibition\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artequalstext.com\">website<\/a>. In 2013, her reviews of books about the artist Agnes Martin were published in <a href=\"http:\/\/artjournal.collegeart.org\/?p=3354\"><em>Art Journal<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artinamericamagazine.com\/news-features\/magazine\/agnes-martin-paintings-writings-remembrances\"><em>Art in America<\/em><\/a>, and her essay on word-image issues, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynrail.org\/2013\/03\/artseen\/beyond-thinking\">\u201cBeyond Thinking,\u201d<\/a> appeared in the <em>Brooklyn Rail<\/em>. In 2014, she had a second artist\u2019s residency at Yaddo, and her artwork is appearing in a summer show at the <a href=\"http:\/\/hverfisgalleri.is\">Hverfisgaller\u00ed<\/a> in Reykjavik, Iceland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Karen L. Schiff<\/p>\n<p>In the Spring 2014 issue of <em>Art Journal<\/em>, Karen L. Schiff created an artists&#8217;s project, <em>Counter to Type<\/em>. 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