Persuasive Textpart 2

•is text art?•why is that?

•why is that not?•when is that?

Thanks to elise deringer (2009)

parking directions - perfectly legible for those going in the right direction; nonsense to those

going the other way

conveying informatio

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train station - berlin, germany

belgrade, serbia

stating the obvious - san francisco, california

affirmation tattoo

text tattoos are permanent reminders of values, affirmations, or experiences.

vonnegut tattoo

ouija board tattoo

reminder tattoo

sometimes text plays games

how do artists use text?

ann hamilton - myein

sometimes text is hard to understand, or doesn’t look like writing at all.

ann hamilton - myein

hans haacke

bruce nauman

justice department, washington, d.c.

journalism museum, washington, d.c.

keith haring

jenny holzer

jenny holzer

jenny holzer

lauren marsden

lauren marsden

robert indiana

current asu grad student nic wiesinger “the van that thought out loud”

merlin carpenter

bruce nauman

bruce nauman

tracey emin - everyone I have ever slept with