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{{Short description|British artist and designer}}
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'''Paul Elliman''' (1961) is a British artist and designer based in London. His work combines an interest in typography and the human voice, often referring to forms of audio signage that mediate a relationship between them. His typeface Found Fount (aka Bits) is an ongoing collection of found ‘typography’ drawn from objects and industrial debris in which no letter-form is repeated.
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'''Paul Elliman''' (born 1961) is a British artist and designer based in London. His work combines an interest in [[typography]] and the human voice, often referring to forms of audio signage that mediate a relationship between them. His typeface Found Fount (aka Bits) is an ongoing collection of found ‘typography’ drawn from objects and industrial debris in which no letter-form is repeated.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}


Elliman's work has addressed the instrumentalisation of the human voice as a kind of typography, engaging the voice in many of its social and technological guises, as well as imitating other languages and random sounds of the city including the non-verbal messages of emergency vehicle sirens, radio transmissions and the muted acoustics of architectural spaces.
Elliman's work has addressed the instrumentalisation of the human voice as a kind of typography, engaging the voice in many of its social and technological guises, as well as imitating other languages and random sounds of the city including the non-verbal messages of emergency vehicle sirens, radio transmissions and the muted acoustics of architectural spaces.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}


He has exhibited in the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ica.org.uk/A%20Recent%20History:%20Paul%20Elliman+17102.twl|title=A Recent History: Paul Elliman|date=17 July 2008|publisher=ICA|accessdate=30 April 2011}}</ref> and [[Tate Modern]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/century-city|title=Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis|publisher=Tate Modern|accessdate=31 July 2014}}</ref> in London, the [[New Museum]] and Moma (Ecstatic Alphabets, 2012) in New York,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/6|title=The Sound of Things: Unmonumental Audio|publisher=New Museum|accessdate=30 April 2011}}</ref> APAP in Anyang, South Korea,<ref>http://apap.anyang.go.kr/2007/press/index.html</ref> and [[Kunsthalle Basel]]. In 2009 his project "Sirens Taken for Wonders" was commissioned for the New York biennial Performa09,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://urbanomnibus.net/2009/11/sirens-taken-for-wonders/|title=Sirens Taken for Wonders|last=Shah|first=Samir|date=23 November 2009|publisher=Urban Omnibus|accessdate=30 April 2011}}</ref> and took the form of a radio discussion about the coded language of emergency vehicle sirens, as well as a series of siren-walks through the city.
He has exhibited in the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]] and [[Tate Modern]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/century-city|title=Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis|publisher=Tate Modern|accessdate=31 July 2014}}</ref> in London, the [[New Museum]] and Moma (Ecstatic Alphabets, 2012) in New York,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/6|title=The Sound of Things: Unmonumental Audio|publisher=New Museum|accessdate=30 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304155821/http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/6|archive-date=4 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> APAP in Anyang, South Korea,<ref>http://apap.anyang.go.kr/2007/press/index.html {{dead link|date=December 2021}}</ref> and [[Kunsthalle Basel]]. In 2009 his project "Sirens Taken for Wonders" was commissioned for the New York biennial Performa09,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://urbanomnibus.net/2009/11/sirens-taken-for-wonders/|title=Sirens Taken for Wonders|last=Shah|first=Samir|date=23 November 2009|publisher=Urban Omnibus|accessdate=30 April 2011}}</ref> and took the form of a radio discussion about the coded language of emergency vehicle sirens, as well as a series of siren-walks through the city.


In 2010 he contributed a series of whistled versions of [[bird vocalization|bird song]] transcriptions by [[Olivier Messiaen]] for the show ''We Were Exuberant and Still Had Hope,'' at Marres Centre for Contemporary Art, Maastricht.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marres.org/en/program/exhibition/we_were_exuberant_and_still_had_hope_ettore_sottsass_works_from_stockholm_1969 |title=We Were Exuberant and Still Had Hope. Ettore Sottsass: works from Stockholm, 1969 – Marres Maastricht – Centre For Contemporary Culture |publisher=Marres.org |date=10 January 2010 |archive-url=http://archive.is/mEt03|archive-date=15 Apr 2013|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
In 2010 he contributed a series of whistled versions of [[bird vocalization|bird song]] transcriptions by [[Olivier Messiaen]] for the show ''We Were Exuberant and Still Had Hope,'' at Marres Centre for Contemporary Art, Maastricht.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marres.org/en/program/exhibition/we_were_exuberant_and_still_had_hope_ettore_sottsass_works_from_stockholm_1969 |title=We Were Exuberant and Still Had Hope. Ettore Sottsass: works from Stockholm, 1969 – Marres Maastricht – Centre For Contemporary Culture |publisher=Marres.org |date=10 January 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415084647/http://www.marres.org/en/program/exhibition/we_were_exuberant_and_still_had_hope_ettore_sottsass_works_from_stockholm_1969 |archive-date=2013-04-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Elliman is visiting critic at [[Yale School of Art]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://art.yale.edu/PaulElliman|title=FACULTY: Paul Elliman, Designer|last=Heiges|first=Nathan|year=2007|publisher=Yale University|accessdate=30 April 2011}}</ref> New Haven, and a thesis supervisor at the Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem, Netherlands.
Elliman is visiting critic at [[Yale School of Art]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://art.yale.edu/PaulElliman|title=FACULTY: Paul Elliman, Designer|last=Heiges|first=Nathan|year=2007|publisher=Yale University|accessdate=30 April 2011}}</ref> New Haven, and a thesis supervisor at the Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem, Netherlands.
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.06/voice_spc.html Now Hear This, Wired archive, June 2003]
* [https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.06/voice_spc.html Now Hear This, Wired archive, June 2003]
* [http://www.werkplaatstypografie.org/ Werkplaats Typografie online]
* [http://www.werkplaatstypografie.org/ Werkplaats Typografie online]

Latest revision as of 14:21, 6 July 2023

Paul Elliman

Paul Elliman (born 1961) is a British artist and designer based in London. His work combines an interest in typography and the human voice, often referring to forms of audio signage that mediate a relationship between them. His typeface Found Fount (aka Bits) is an ongoing collection of found ‘typography’ drawn from objects and industrial debris in which no letter-form is repeated.[citation needed]

Elliman's work has addressed the instrumentalisation of the human voice as a kind of typography, engaging the voice in many of its social and technological guises, as well as imitating other languages and random sounds of the city including the non-verbal messages of emergency vehicle sirens, radio transmissions and the muted acoustics of architectural spaces.[citation needed]

He has exhibited in the Institute of Contemporary Arts and Tate Modern[1] in London, the New Museum and Moma (Ecstatic Alphabets, 2012) in New York,[2] APAP in Anyang, South Korea,[3] and Kunsthalle Basel. In 2009 his project "Sirens Taken for Wonders" was commissioned for the New York biennial Performa09,[4] and took the form of a radio discussion about the coded language of emergency vehicle sirens, as well as a series of siren-walks through the city.

In 2010 he contributed a series of whistled versions of bird song transcriptions by Olivier Messiaen for the show We Were Exuberant and Still Had Hope, at Marres Centre for Contemporary Art, Maastricht.[5]

Elliman is visiting critic at Yale School of Art,[6] New Haven, and a thesis supervisor at the Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem, Netherlands.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis". Tate Modern. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. ^ "The Sound of Things: Unmonumental Audio". New Museum. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  3. ^ http://apap.anyang.go.kr/2007/press/index.html [dead link]
  4. ^ Shah, Samir (23 November 2009). "Sirens Taken for Wonders". Urban Omnibus. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  5. ^ "We Were Exuberant and Still Had Hope. Ettore Sottsass: works from Stockholm, 1969 – Marres Maastricht – Centre For Contemporary Culture". Marres.org. 10 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013.
  6. ^ Heiges, Nathan (2007). "FACULTY: Paul Elliman, Designer". Yale University. Retrieved 30 April 2011.

External links[edit]

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