{"product_id":"amalgam-4-collapse","title":"Amalgam 4 — Collapse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmalgam\u003c\/em\u003e explores the intersection of typography, language, and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmalgam #4\u003c\/em\u003e points toward the inextricably intertwined relationships between typography, language, and power. In doing so, it assembles a series of essays, anecdotal notes, conversations, and artworks that engage with, hint at, or revolve around the theme of collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom collapse of language syntax, to collapse of semantics, barriers between languages, and language itself, this collection reverberates the material and immaterial conditions, formations, reproduction, and dissemination of power through language and typography. A series of revolutionary headdresses; the auditory and polemic bonds between the letters X, ח, and خ; the interiorities of illegibility; the downfall of the ancient Silk Road patterns; the West Asian Goddesses; an asemic grief; a deliberately \u003cem\u003emissing\u003c\/em\u003e language; a hearty stutter; and an Aleph that wore a hat to school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors in this issue include Adrien Flores, JJJJJerome Ellis, Klara du Plessis, Sophie Seita, Luis Camnitzer, Slavs and Tatars, Mimi Ọnụọha, Minh Nguyen, Maia Ruth Lee, Mashinka Firunts Hakopian, Helina Metaferia, Paul Soulellis, Carlos Motta, Lucy I. Zimmerman, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Paul Benzon, Morehshin Allahyari, Anahita Razmi, J. Dakota Brown, Shabahang Tayyari, Mahan Moalemi, Dennis Grauel, Sasha Wilmoth, Thy Hà, and Alec Mapes-Frances\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned and edited by Pouya Ahmadi\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Amalgam, 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 200 pages, b\u0026amp;w, 6.5 × 9 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-0-99-983335-9\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67830790357146,"sku":"ubv1792048690215","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/6051\/8810\/files\/amalgam-4-collapse_1.jpg?v=1792048696","url":"https:\/\/eyeletcutwear.shop\/products\/amalgam-4-collapse","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}