Gingko Press in association with Upper Playground is pleased to announce the release of FLIP THE SCRIPT : A Guidebook for Aspiring Vandals and Typographers.
Graffiti is one of the last strongholds of highly refined
well-practiced penmanship in our contemporary culture. The tag, the most
reviled and persecuted form of graffiti, is seldom appreciated for its
raw beauty and skeletal letter-forms. The casual viewer seldom discerns
the difference between entry level and advanced hand styles. Within the
pages of FLIP THE SCRIPT, author Christian Acker systemically
analyzes historic hand styles by collecting the work of writers from the
most influential American cities and searching for the origins and
commonalities that connect people, places and times. While distilling
years worth of interviews with graffiti writers from all over the
country, intersecting tales emerge that reveal a web of unwitting
connections and influences. FLIP THE SCRIPT has captured a
representation of geographic differences within contemporary folk-art
history; a history rapidly becoming muddied by internet culture. Acker
presents the lettering samples in a clean, chronological format, for the
first time giving the material a formal treatment evocative of
classical calligraphy manuals and typography books.
FLIP THE SCRIPT includes art and interviews from luminaries
such as: TAKI 183, STAY HIGH 149, HAZE, CORNBREAD, ESPO, AGUA, RENOS,
GREY, DUGONE, MIKE GIANT, CHAZ BOJORQUEZ, SLICK, & CRAIG STECYK.
224 pages, Hardcover, 8"x10.5" (178 x 229 mm)
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