What exactly is the tactile, in a world in which a rising technocracy
exploits the designed environment we feel? Who authorizes and who
writes, what tradition do we stand in and how can we touch base?
After endlessly hearing that Onomatopee publications have a materiality
and tactility not often experienced in recent years, Onomatopee director
and curator Freek Lomme decided to create an exhibition and publication
addressing the issue of tactility and print today, accommodated by the
Frans Masereel Centre and Z33. Presenting artists in the practice of
making and thinkers in the development of thought here and now, we
connect to tactile characteristics, guided by a specific focus on
graphic, printed matter. The lasting result is a palm-sized book
jam-packed with information and ideas on the subject. Six contemporary
artists and eight international academics and authors in the field of
graphic design, materiality, theory, and art explore how, in the digital
age, our daily interaction with physical materials is greatly altered
and how this affects us as humans.
