A temporary reading space and a satellite exhibition of books and other printed material, Quasi~Library was presented in continuity with the exhibition Quasi: Experimental Writing Systems. On display were rare books and special materials from the Designing Writing collection and the ArtCenter Library main and special collections centered around the themes of invented and fictional scripts, asemic writing, and the speculative possibilities of writing and language beyond mere functionality.

checklist

1. Dazibaos, 1981
2. L’Afrique et la lettre, 1986
3. Diario #1, 1972
4. Coral Dictionary, 2022
5. Emigre No. 18, 1991
6. Rules of Hypergraphy, 2014
7. Blissymbolics: Speaking Without Speech, 1981
8. Moderne Jazz, 2019
9. La belle au bois dormant, 1982
10. Schrift und Bild (Art and Writing), 1963
11. Grafische Reduktionen (Rot 29), 1966
12. Omega 3, 1966
13. Kadath: Spécial Nazca, 1976
14. Zeitung, 1994
15. Danses tracées, 1991
16. La escritura en la libertad, 1975
17. Mirtha Dermisache: Selected Writing, 2017
18. L’apocalypse arabe, 2006
19. Asemic Writing: Poetic Structures, 2013
20. Mother of Writing, 1990
21. Tecken, 1978
22. OEI #66 Process/Poem, 2014
23. Spartito Preso, 1981
24. Écrire c’est dessiner (d’après une idée d’Etel Adnan), 2021
25. Danse, précis de liberté, 1998
26. Com.Mix, 1972
27. La méthodologie de la nouvelle écriture africaine «bété», 2003
28. Everybody’s Pixillated, 1937
29. Gaffe au golf, 1994
30. Manfred Mohr: Computer Graphics, 1971
31. Les dessins bamum, 1997
32. Thomas More, Utopia in Utopia, 2011
33. Écriture en délire, 2004
34. Scrittura attiva, 1980
35. Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic System in African Art, 2007
36. Pictograms, 2008
37. Contemplazioni, 2013
38. The Language of the Goddess, 2001
39. Microscripts, 2012
40. Fukt Magazine No.17, The Words Issue: Written Drawings, 2018
41. A Cookbook of Invisible Writing, 2019
42. Secret Messages, 2001
43. Deciphering Aztec Hieroglyphs, 2020
44. Walls, Diaries and Painting, 2011
45. Leporellos, 2019
46. Book from the Sky to Book from the Ground, 2020
47. Book from the Ground, 2013
48. Susan Hiller: Recall, 2019
49. Hanne Darboven: Writing Time, 2023
50. Eigenschaften, 2019
51. Hildegard of Bingen’s Unknown Language, 2007
52. The First Writing: Script Invention as History and Process, 2004
53. The Cherokee Syllabary, 2011
54. Devi (Vinyl Record), 2021
55. Rachid Koraichi, 2991
56. History of Hangeul, 2021
57. Pictographs, 2996
58. Lenguas raras, lenguas muertas. Tierras muertas, lenguas raras. Muertas raras, lenguas tierras, 2021
59. Analyzing Children’s Art, 1970
60. The Secret Book of Lichens, 2022

curated by

Alex Balgiu, Founder of Designing Writing
Rachel Julius, Research/Instruction Librarian, Visual Arts and GraphicsDivision, ArtCenter Library
Rob Dirig, Director, Archives and Special Collections, ArtCenter Library

Exhibition dates

March 7 to April 14, 2024

location

Graphic Design Department
ArtCenter College of Design, South Campus
1111 S. Arrow Pkwy., Pasadena 91105