July 2023
Artwork Design Design
Inscription is a dynamic publication exploring the world of book arts, printmaking, and writing.
This journal serves as both cutting-edge research and a creative multimedia artifact, with a guest artist-in-residence, poet-in-residence, and writer-in-residence in each edition.
حسية المشاركة ولمس الحدود
the tactility of participation and the touching of borders'
A collaborative project with Mohamed Hafda, a contemporary artist, featured in Issue 4 of the themed journal 'Touch.' Together, we delved into the tactile essence by physically engaging with the borders of the Middle East.
Inspired by the intricate and undefined nature of these borders, Mohamed's artwork explores their variations. Using a sewing machine, he transforms a map, capturing the stitching process as a metaphor for the tangible borders in the Middle East.
About Issue 4: Touch
The theme of the fourth issue of Inscription is touch.
The issue features articles from scholars and theorists on subjects ranging from 19th-century books for the blind; touching cursed books in special collections; handling Nabokov’s Pale Fire; to Hansjörg Mayer’s haptic books.
Included in the issue there is also poetry by Veronica Groarke, a vinyl LP by Graham Ellard & Stephen Johnstone, and art editions by Jen Bervin, Erica Baum, Lenora de Barros, Yoko Ono, Natalie Czech, Harold Offeh, Mohamad Hafeda, Steve Ronnie, Alice Attie, Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and others.