UW–Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn will present “TYPE + CODE Series” at the College Art Association’s 109th annual conference on Thursday, Feb. 11. Ahn’s presentation is part of a session on “Design and the Environment.”
Ahn is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department.
“TYPE + CODE Series” is a collection of ongoing typography research using computation, which Ahn initiated in 2005. It explores alternative aesthetics of code and data-driven typography inspired by calligraphy, expressive typography, and self-portrait photographs.
Ahn will also will serve as co-chair of the conference panel, “Social Exclusion in New Media Art and Design: Individualized Marginalization,” on Feb. 11.