Crafting Personal Alphabets: Calder Ruhl Hansen & C.C. Elian (Session 2/4)

This episode focuses on the design of personal alphabets as a fusion of individual identity, artistic vision, and cultural influences. It explores inventive journeys of creating alphabets that merge written language with personal expression. Calder Ruhl Hansen presents his method for developing unique writing systems, drawing inspiration from Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, math, and other influences, employing innovative techniques to forge meaningful symbol systems. C.C. Elian discusses Elian Script, an alphabetical script rooted in the Latin alphabet that echoes the aesthetic qualities in Asian calligraphy.

This presentation was recorded on March 14, 2024, and is part of the “Quasi: Online Speaker Series,” curated and moderated by Lavinia Lascaris and Ximena Amaya. The series was presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Quasi: Experimental Writing Systems” at the HMCT Gallery in Pasadena, which explored invented and fictional writing systems.

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I am definitely watching this video on semi-experimental writing systems, if only because my kid's best friend is named Xime, and oh yeah I design album covers :). Subscribed. Something wholesome and genuinely unexpected in the swamp of YT.