Will Holder (born 1969 in

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) is an English

typographer Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing ( leading), an ...

based in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

. Holder explores the organisation of language around artworks through printed matter, live readings and dialogues with other artists. He is the editor of ''F.R.DAVID'', a journal concerned with reading and writing in the arts. In May 2009, Holder co-curated ''TalkShow'' (with Richard Birkett) at the ICA,

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

. Together with Alex Waterman, he edited and typeset operatic scores for ''Yes, But Is It Edible?, the music of Robert Ashley, for two or more voices''. During 2015–2016, Holder exhibited in the touring ''

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8''. In 2015 he received a Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists.

Works

*David Osbaldeston, ''Inflection Sandwich'' *Chris Evans, Goofy Audit *Falke Pisano, ''Figures of Speech'' *''For the Blind Man in the Dark Room Looking for the Black Cat that isn't there'' *Otolith Group, ''A Long Time Between Suns'' *Jaki Irvine, ''The Square Root of Minus One is Plus or Minus i'' *Ryan Gander, ''Intellectual Colours''Silvana Editoriale
2007

References

External links

Frieze Magazine - Will Holder

Will Holder interviewed at Ràdio Web MACBA
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