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Typeface—Chicago Premiere

Kartemquin is excited to announce that its latest release, Typeface, will have its Chicago premiere with a week run at the Gene Siskel Film Center beginning Friday, January 29th. The Society of Typographic Arts is helping to sponsor the Chicago premiere.


In Typeface, handmade wooden type comes to life in new and unique combinations when seasoned craftsmen–the masters of an obsolete but beloved technology–open the Hamilton Wood Type Museum to contemporary artists and graphic designers.

This exploration of the art of putting letters on a printed page from world-renowned Kartemquin Films (Hoop Dreams) finds the human story in the preservation of the centuries-old printing process when artists of the digital age discover the tactile delight and limitless possibilities of working with the real rather than the virtual. Typeface director Justine Nagan will be present for audience discussion at the screening.

Preceded by the vintage Kartemquin short Viva la Causa, celebrating Chicago’s Chicano mural movement of the 1970s.

When
Friday, January 29 at 8:00 pm

Where
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 North State Street, Chicago

Costs

Tickets available now at the Gene Siskel Film Center’s box office or online at www.siskelfilmcenter.org/tickets.

Visit Kartemquin’s site for more information.