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Paul Elliman (1961, UK) is an 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 both. His typeface [http://www.peterbilak.com/graphic_design_in_the_white_cube/elliman.html Found Fount] (aka Bits) is an ongoing collection of found ‘typography’ drawn from objects and industrial debris in which no letter-form is repeated.
Paul Elliman (1961, UK) is an 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 both. His typeface [http://www.peterbilak.com/graphic_design_in_the_white_cube/elliman.html 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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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 sounds of the city included the non-verbal messages of emergency vehicle sirens, radio transmissions and the muted acoustics of architectural space. He has exhibited widely in venues such as 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/modern/exhibitions/centurycity/cclondon.htm|title=Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis|publisher=Tate Modern|accessdate=30 April 2011}}</ref> in London, the [[New Museum]] 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> [http://apap.anyang.go.kr/2007/press/index.html APAP] in Anyang, South Korea, [[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. During 2010 he contributed a series of whistled versions of bird song transcriptions by [[Olivier Messiaen]] for the show [http://www.marres.org/en/program/exhibition/we_were_exuberant_and_still_had_hope_ettore_sottsass_works_from_stockholm_1969 We Were Exuberant and Still Had Hope], at Marres Centre for Contemporary Art, Maastricht.
In the mid 1980s Elliman worked on the London magazine [[City Limits (magazine)|City Limits]] before becoming art director at the music magazine [[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]].<ref name="eye">{{cite web|url=http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature.php?id=25&fid=204|title=Other Spaces|last=Poynor|first=Rick|year=2001|publisher=Eye Magazine|accessdate=30 April 2011}}</ref> He won a [[D&AD|Design and Art Direction]] gold award in 1991.<ref name="eye" />

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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 sounds of the city included the non-verbal messages of emergency vehicle sirens, radio transmissions and the muted acoustics of architectural space. He has exhibited widely in venues such as 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/modern/exhibitions/centurycity/cclondon.htm|title=Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis|publisher=Tate Modern|accessdate=30 April 2011}}</ref> in London, the [[New Museum]] 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> [http://apap.anyang.go.kr/2007/press/index.html APAP] in Anyang, South Korea, [[Kunsthalle Basel]], and "Inside Design Now" at the [[Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=2hm8TZLcEoi28QPA_5zEBQ&ct=result&id=EihQAAAAMAAJ&dq=Inside+design+now%3A+National+Design+Triennial&q=Paul+Elliman|title=Inside design now: National Design Triennial|year=2003|page=1961|publisher=Cooper-Hewitt Museum|accessdate=30 April 2011}}</ref>. 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. During 2010 he contributed a series of whistled versions of bird song transcriptions by [[Olivier Messiaen]] for the show [http://www.marres.org/en/program/exhibition/we_were_exuberant_and_still_had_hope_ettore_sottsass_works_from_stockholm_1969 We Were Exuberant and Still Had Hope], at Marres Centre for Contemporary Art, Maastricht.


Elliman is also 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 [http://www.werkplaatstypografie.org/ Werkplaats Typografie] in Arnhem, Netherlands.
Elliman is also 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 [http://www.werkplaatstypografie.org/ Werkplaats Typografie] in Arnhem, Netherlands.
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.06/voice_spc.html Now Hear This, Wired archive, June 2003]
* [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.06/voice_spc.html Now Hear This, Wired archive, June 2003]
* [http://www.typotheque.com/authors/paul_elliman Typotheque online bio]
* [http://www.peterbilak.com/graphic_design_in_the_white_cube/elliman.html Graphic Design in the White Cube - Paul Elliman]
* [http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/6 Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century, New Museum]
* [http://www.werkplaatstypografie.org/ Werkplaats Typografie online]
* [http://www.werkplaatstypografie.org/ Werkplaats Typografie online]


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Revision as of 23:48, 1 May 2011

Paul Elliman (1961, UK) is an 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 both. 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.

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 sounds of the city included the non-verbal messages of emergency vehicle sirens, radio transmissions and the muted acoustics of architectural space. He has exhibited widely in venues such as the Institute of Contemporary Arts[1] and Tate Modern[2] in London, the New Museum in New York,[3] APAP in Anyang, South Korea, 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. During 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.

Elliman is also visiting critic at Yale School of Art,[5] New Haven, and a thesis supervisor at the Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem, Netherlands.

References

  1. ^ "A Recent History: Paul Elliman". ICA. 17 July 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis". Tate Modern. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  3. ^ "The Sound of Things: Unmonumental Audio". New Museum. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  4. ^ Shah, Samir (23 November 2009). "Sirens Taken for Wonders". Urban Omnibus. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  5. ^ Heiges, Nathan (2007). "FACULTY: Paul Elliman, Designer". Yale University. Retrieved 30 April 2011.

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