Dictionary of the Illegible Alexander Calder and Sydney

and Sydney

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Yifan Hu et Pietro Mattioli

Following the recent completion of its project Frame

the catalog remains a sought-after touchstone of art and design history

Dictionary of the Illegible Alexander Calder and SydneyDictionary of the Illegible explores the limits of languageits beginnings and its endsfrom humanitys earliest marks to the dissolution of modern alphabets before our eyes. Mapping more than 400 examples of illegibility drawn from Indigenous cultures to imagined future civilizations, the book spans contemporary art, science fiction, politics, architecture, and technology. Dictionary of the Illegible proposes illegibility as a strategy for navigating a