Schalk Venter Versus Desk Induced Lower Back Pains

I just passed 7 Days of artistic hammer-time, finishing the last 15, i think (if you really want to know the number count them in the overhead photo) readings. Thus I have to start typing my proposal for my thesis, which hopefully will be done next week.

This might seem boring (and pseudo-intellectual) to the average sane person, but i find it interesting to the point where it is about to affect my emotional stability. For whoever is wondering, I presume at this point (more or less) that I'm using my thesis as an excuse to give my very biased opinion on the state of type within a post-structuralist context in contemporary culture (2009 onwards) after post-modernism/deconstruction.

+5 points to my image as an art intellectual / appearing relevant within a pretty useless field.

On the practical, and probably more relevant side, I finished all 18 (originally 20) pages of my 52cm x 52 cm self- deprecating collection of poems Liewe Schalk Venter, Groete Schalk Venter

I’m going to start the printing probably next week some time.
If anyone want me to make them a screen print by hand (of any of the seven big ones below) on El Toro 200g paper (52cmx52), just drop me a line on Facebook or email, and I'll be happy to do an art trade (even for a sketch). If anyone wants one whose not an artist, you can just give me the monies for the paper and ink, which is probably R8 / R10 in total.

I'm going to print several on newsprint to be distributed with the Papergirl Project in Jan/Feb as well.

Versus Theory and Typography tag-team

Although this update is a bit behind schedule (almost a week to exact) I made quite a bit of progress.

Firstly, I demolished about seven theory books. (And I'm still really surprised by how fast you can ready if you really put some effort into it). The most significant of these were Text on Type and The Education of A Typographer. Although primarily filled with pretentious Modernist Critical Writings, in the vein of ‘The Crystal Goblet’. I found a few relevant treasures here and there.

Secondly, against all expectations I finished the last basic layout of the last few type treatments for Liewe Schalk Venter. Hopefully I’m going to start with the smaller (dare I say fine) typography today.