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  • Symposium: Alphabetica II, Entering Otherworlds

    Symposium: Alphabetica II, Entering Otherworlds

    Alphabetica II
    Entering Otherworlds
    A symposium of visions, signs, and unseen worlds

    With So-Hyun Bae, Tim Brookes, Hansje van Halem, Anusha Hossain, Franco Jonas, Sarojini Lewis, Marian Markelo, Nunzio Mazzaferro, Marianne Mispelaëre, Page Not Found, Ariq Syauqi, Emma Wiersma & Louwrien Wijers (read short bios)
    Moderated by Carina Fernandez

    Symposium
    Sunday 26.10.2025, 9:30 — 21:00
    Warming up/get together
    Saturday 25.10.2025, 18:00 — 20:00
    Location
    West in the former American Embassy, Lange Voorhout 102, Den Haag
    Entry Symposium
    € 20,00 / 10,00 (regular/student) – incl. lunch
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    Entering Otherworlds is the second edition of the Alphabetica symposium series, exploring design and writing systems through a wide lens of their formal, cultural, and imaginative dimensions. While the first edition in 2019 focused on historical, logical, and systematic perspectives — such as Unicode and design technology — this second chapter deliberately leaves logic and reason behind, opening space for worlds shaped by intuition, vision, and everything we cannot fully express in words.

    Through contributions from experts in typography, philosophy, art, and design, the symposium invites audiences to step beyond the familiar and encounter new spiritual, cultural, and aesthetic practices. Presented in dialogue with the current Alphabetum exhibition Writing Systems of the Otherworld by Edgar Walthert and Tim Brookes — which surveys dream-inspired alphabets and visionary scripts of resistance and identity — Alphabetica 2 expands this theme into the wider field of human creativity, with a particular focus on visual art, design, and typography.

    The symposium is part of Worlding Art, a four-year program at West Den Haag that investigates how art can generate new forms of relation, meaning, and society. Drawing from feminist and postcolonial thought, worlding in this context means both exploring the essence of art itself (worlding of art) and showing how art actively contributes to a more equitable and livable world (worlding through art). In this way, audiences are not just spectators but active participants in the artistic process.

    The symposium is organised by the art institute West Den Haag in close collaboration with the Atelier National de Recherche Typographique (Nancy, FR), Hochschule Mainz (DE), and the Endangered Alphabets Project (USA). In addition to the publication Writing Systems of the Otherworld, a new companion booklet will be released in conjunction with this event.

  • afra eisma: Soft Conversations at Page Not Found

    afra eisma: Soft Conversations at Page Not Found

    To celebrate “splashdown tender”, afra eisma’s new artist book published by Page Not Found, the artist has conceived a solo exhibition titled “soft conversations“. Through a deconstructed studio setting, eisma invites visitors to settle into a colorful fusion of textile works. The exhibition runs from September 25 through November 2, 2025.

    Building on her immersive practice, “soft conversations” takes a rare, inward turn: inviting visitors into the studio-like environment where works, sketches, and inspirations coexist without hierarchy. Here the artist opens the door to the intimate, generative world of her studio: a place where works don’t stand alone, but breathe alongside the images, objects, texts, and textures that inspire them. Visitors are invited into this inner kingdom, where the boundaries between artworks and their conditions of emergence blur.

    eisma’s textile, ceramic, and embroidered works often welcome viewers with colour and tactility—offering places to sit, rest, and touch. Yet this softness is never neutral: it is wielded as a method of resistance. The installations encourage lingering, slowness, and exchange. They make room for vulnerability without flattening its complexity. In “soft conversations“, this method unfolds even further. To quote Page Not Found’s artistic director Ola Vasiljeva: “This exhibition is less about presenting discrete works than about extending an invitation: to enter a zone where artistic processes are not hidden away but remain visible, entangled, gestating.”

    afra eisma (b. 1993) works in The Hague and Amsterdam (NL). Eisma creates immersive interactive installations with large scale tapestries and colorful ceramics. Using bright colors and playful approaches to engage with darker emotions and experiences is a recurring method. Garments veil activist slogans, a stomach becomes a container for rumblings, large scale tapestries invite you to sit and rest on, feel and cuddle and gently engage. Eisma creates room for anger, ambiguity and reflection. Alongside Eisma’s artistic practice, the artist is involved in various activist initiatives. Recent solo exhibitions include: ICA San Diego, San Diego, US (2025); The Tetley, Leeds, UK (2023);  Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, NL (2021); 1646, Den Haag, NL (2020). And group exhibitions include: Kunstmuseum, Den Haag, NL (2025); Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi, IN (2023); Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, SP (2023); Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka, BD (2023).

    This project is made possible with support from the Mondriaan Fund and the Municipality of The Hague.

    Image: a detail from afra eisma’s solo exhibition “soft conversations”. Photo by Iliana Michali, courtesy of afra eisma and Page Not Found.

  • Shana de Villiers at Page Not Found

    As part of her residency, Shana de Villiers will host a public conversation with Ada Maricia Patterson (artist and writer) and Irene Ha (a.k.a. Baby Reni) on Thursday 11 September. Together, they’ll explore the monster costume as a porous site of publishing.

  • Opening: Afra Eisma at Page Not Found

    On Tuesday 24 September, we open Afra Eisma’s new solo exhibition, soft conversations. Join us to celebrate the launch of her stunning new book, published by Page Not Found!

  • Typographic Nights: Trang Hà at Page Not Found

    On Friday 5 September, join us for a new edition of our beloved Typographic Nights! This 16th edition, curated by Trang Hà, invites recent graduates from Graphic Design departments across the Netherlands. Typographic Nights is co-founded by Trang Hà, Paulina Trzeciak, and Page Not Found.