joseph bradley hill
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3x3, 4x4, 5x5 - A vast collection of type using the most basic grid. Starting at 3x3, the aim is to alphabetically sort every single permutation in the expanding basic pixel grid. I have sorted all 512 permutations of the 3x3 into (subjectively) ‘alphabetical’ order and proceeded to create 1,560 of the 65,536 possible 4x4 permutations and 1,560 of the 34,554,432 possible 5x5 permutations.

The 1st album of Post Club Art Club - a collective of artists, designers and musicians formed in the spring of 2016, merging poetically charged lyrics with an electronic, atmospheric sound. The albums are created over 24 hours.

Aker - a monolinear blackletter typeface

Fuss - a sharp typeface derived from Luis Oppenheim’s 1927 Fanfare

Fuss - a sharp typeface derived from Luis Oppenheim’s 1927 Fanfare

The unreleased 7th album of 2222 - An experimental music collaboration between half of recently formed Post Club Art Club. 22-22 have been making and recording music since early 2015 - their sample heavy, poetic songs explore an array of original styles across six albums.

3x3, 4x4, 5x5 - A vast collection of type using the most basic grid. Starting at 3x3, the aim is to alphabetically sort every single permutation in the expanding basic pixel grid. I have sorted all 512 permutations of the 3x3 into (subjectively) ‘alphabetical’ order and proceeded to create 1,560 of the 65,536 possible 4x4 permutations and 1,560 of the 34,554,432 possible 5x5 permutations.

A→?a - A booklet/pamphlet that charts the history of our alphabet by looking at the letter A and its origins as a drawing of an oxhead, examining why we still have capital letters at all and creating a conjectural alternative through cursive writing.

My first solo album under the moniker 'I-IIII' or 'one-four' - a sample heavy solo exploration and experimentation with sound, inspired by John Cage, The Books, Steve Reich and more..

Pile of 149 pages displaying ‘the entire history of typecases’. How can information be distorted/mislead you on the internet? A website showing the history of typecases encourages you to print out the layouts and fill them in, but they shift into shapes that are impractical. The actual entire history of typecases is also something that has not been entirely collated after hundreds of years. Part of the series ‘◼️-Kammer’.

three typefaces based on the ‘angelic’ Enochian language and the obsession with the number 49 - Enochian is an angelic occult language created by John Dee and Edward Kelley in the 16th Century who have a resonance with the number 49 and utilise 49 ‘magic squares’ in their book ‘Liber Logaerth’ - these typefaces are created within a 7x7 grid (49 pixels) in the 3 different styles the Enochian alphabet was portrayed (two script versions one print version)

type experiments

sketch from a project about guerrilla sign systems aiding squatters

visual experiment (after Polke)

The 5th album of 2222 - An experimental music collaboration between half of recently formed Post Club Art Club. 22-22 have been making and recording music since early 2015 - their sample heavy, poetic songs explore an array of original styles across six albums.

DAS IST NICHT KUNST investigates the role of the security guard in art galleries - how they shift between guardian and viewer of the art as well as their overwhelming presence in the space. The movements and stances become abstract and open to interpretation - be it aggressive or docile.

a cipher to be used between phones with predictive shortcuts - iPhones have an inbuilt ‘Text Replacement’ feature that allows you to type faster with shortcuts. The cipher builds on this feature to create a ‘covert’ way of communicating between devices. Each word would have a corresponding three character combination installed on the receivers phone as text replacements. The message is then received and needs to be typed out again by the receiver where the message is decoded.

Posters and cards designed to gather information about the 80s arts magazine ‘The Fred’ which I started a research project on as I couldn’t find anything about the magazine online. These posters were successful and artists from the magazine pointed me in the direction and gave me the contact for the creator Kenny McDonald who I have since met and interviewed.

Still - monolinear wide-countered slab serif

tot

The TP Foundry concentrates on the current instantaneous nature of type design. By utilising bitfont creation software, TPF displays how the market has become oversaturated by the public, who are being led to believe that type design is easy/something that can be jumped into without any prior knowledge or experience. Multiple programs exist today that allow for “fast!” “easy!” and “free!” ‘font’ creation, with no advocation of a foundation in type knowledge. It is as if type design has existed purely since the dawn of the computer. TP Foundry satirises the movement of this instant ‘free font’ culture through our “knockoffs” being created as fast as humanly/generatively possible. TPF also displays the ease of pirating both by human and computer; with instant file distribution and lax copyright infringement laws surrounding typefaces, the public can download, edit and in some cases redistribute type without much repercussion. Magic wands can even be pressed to auto-pirate existing typefaces…

sketch for cuboid chess set

a continuous chance-based editorial project creating books from uncollected prints in libraries and studios - a collaboration between Lily Hayes and Joseph Bradley Hill.

Pile of 149 pages displaying ‘the entire history of typecases’. How can information be distorted/mislead you on the internet? A website showing the history of typecases encourages you to print out the layouts and fill them in, but they shift into shapes that are impractical. The actual entire history of typecases is also something that has not been entirely collated after hundreds of years. Part of the series ‘◼️-Kammer’.

trouves_ is an instagram dedicated to my ever growing collection of stuff, appreciating the beauty in inanimate objects

How are words represented by image search engines? Inspired by the piece ‘And’ from the Goya Series by John Baldessari, how are words represented by image search engines and how can meaning be attributed to random imagery? With the endless #culture images become increasingly irrelevant to the initial search - a 100 page book displaying the first 100 results inputting the word ‘and’ into a placeholder image generator. Part of the series ‘◼️-Kammer’.

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