This exhibition is a collaboration between designstudio Ateljé Grotesk and the weaving group Studio Supersju.

Ateljé Grotesk compiled a selection of typefaces designed by women from the late 1800th century until today. The members of Studio Supersju then interpreted these digital, two-dimensional typefaces into works of textile, without restrictions. Through their works, the art of lettering has been given a tactile and three-dimensional embodiment.

Through this exhibition we want to explore typography in new ways, and believe that a pleasurable and experimental approach to the subject can be created through genre-crossing working processes, new materials and techniques.

Designers often use digital tools in their work with typography today, but the interdisciplinary approach of this project instead enables an exploration of typography from new perspectives.

An equal part of this project also wants to highlight the textile craft tradition. The method for the project was therefore to first establish contact with artisans within the discipline.

Ateljé Grotesk contacted the weaving group Studio Supersju to propose a collaboration. As an artistic exchange, the members of the group Studio Supersju have interpreted typography through weaving, based on six different typefaces that have been selected and compiled by Ateljé Grotesk. All typefaces are designed by women over a period of time that extends from the late 1800th century to modern times.

Studio Supersju has interpreted the digital, two-dimensional base without restrictions or instructions. The result is six newly created textile works. One of the participating artists, Vega määttä Siltberg, writes the following about her process:

My idea is to let the specific properties of the textile reshape/transform the shape of the typeface in some way. I was drawn to Ilse Schule's typeface Rapsodie for its decorative and vibrant design language. Each letter has many undulating details and movement and I became curious about how these shapes would look in a textile material.

What happens to the shapes of the letters when, instead of being in digital or printed form, they are allowed to curl, undulate and slosh? Is it still Ilse Schule's typeface or has it become something else?

> Ateljé Grotesk
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