Throughout November, Page Not Found’s storefront will show the fourth instalment of the Open Letter of 2024: “Typographic Resistance” by Balázs Milánik.
In his Open Letter, Balázs addresses the heavy censorship on social media surrounding thegenocide in Gaza. Pro-Palestine content is often blocked by algorithms detecting specific keywords. To bypass this censorship, users engage in “typographic resistance” by altering characters in words like “Palestine.” Through this work, Balázs highlights both the potential of digital activism and the absurdity of these restrictive measures. As a recent Royal Academy of Art graduate in The Hague and originally from Hungary,Milánik’spractice bridges cultural landscapes, using graphic art to explore his heritage and environment.
Open Letters is an urban intervention project launched by Page Not Found in March 2021. It is designed as an open call for artists and writers in The Hague to occupy our storefront with messages of urgency and vulnerability. Open Letters was inspired by the short essay “The Year I Stopped Making Art. Why the art world should assist artists beyond representation; in solidarity,”written by the artist Paul Maheke in April 2020 as a reflection and call for solidarity in response to the current global situation and art world.
We kindly thank Stroom Den Haag, Gemeente Den Haag and Mondriaan Fonds for supporting this programme
Image: Open Letter “Typographic Resistance” by Balázs Milánik, realised by Attachment Issues.
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Vanaf woensdag 6 november 24/7
De hele maand november toont de winkelpui van Page Not Found de vierde editie van de Open Brief van 2024: “Typographic Resistance” van Balázs Milánik.
In zijn Open Letter gaat Balázs in op de zware censuur op sociale media rondom de genocide in Gaza. Pro-Palestijnse inhoud wordt vaak geblokkeerd door algoritmes die specifieke trefwoorden detecteren. Om deze censuur te omzeilen, doen gebruikers aan “typografisch verzet” door karakters in woorden als “Palestina” te veranderen. Met dit werk benadrukt Balázs zowel het potentieel van digitaal activisme als de absurditeit van deze beperkende maatregelen. Milánik is onlangs afgestudeerd aan de Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in Den Haag en komt oorspronkelijk uit Hongarije. Zijn werk slaat een brug tussen culturele landschappen, waarbij hij grafische kunst gebruikt om zijn erfgoed en omgeving te verkennen.
Open Letters is een stedelijk interventieproject gelanceerd door Page Not Found in maart 2021. Het is ontworpen als een open oproep voor kunstenaars en schrijvers in Den Haag om onze winkelpui te bezetten met boodschappen van urgentie en kwetsbaarheid. Open Letters is geïnspireerd op het korte essay “The Year I Stopped Making Art. Why the art world should assist artists beyond representation; in solidarity,” geschreven door kunstenaar Paul Maheke in april 2020 als een reflectie en oproep tot solidariteit in reactie op de huidige wereldwijde situatie en kunstwereld.
Wij danken Stroom Den Haag, Gemeente Den Haag en Mondriaan Fonds voor het ondersteunen van dit programma.
Beeld: Open Letter “Typographic Resistance” door Balázs Milánik, gerealiseerd door Attachment Issues.
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22/11/2024
TYPOGRAPHIC NIGHT XIV — with Catherine Hu, Correspondence and Koos Breen
Friday 22 November, 18:00 – 20:00 | free entrance
Last month’s Perso-Arabic Typographic Night was wonderfully packed. Join us for another unique live session with three emerging designers, who will play with and transform your text of choice. Co-curated with Trang Hà and Paulina Trzeciak, this session will host:
Catherine Hu is a multidisciplinary artist who transforms everyday materials into engaging sculptural forms that challenge traditional notions of print and design. Hu’s projects often explore the tactile and visual qualities of text, creating installations that invite viewers to reconsider the role of books in contemporary culture.
Correspondence, run by Lukas Engelhardt and Justus Gelberg, is a graphic design studio that transforms ideas, emails, and briefings into formats like pdf, jpeg, html, and mp4. Amsterdam-based Lukas explores the aesthetics of autonomy and is part of Spookstad, a publishing collective that advocates for housing rights and direct action. Meanwhile, Berlin-based Justus finds inspiration in everyday scenes, architecture, and analog and digital archives—often embracing the unconventional and dilettantish.
Koos Breen stretches disciplinary frontiers, shifting fluidly between art direction, design, and art. Working with clients from royals to rappers, he explores material possibilities through collaboration, creating everything from publications to installations and continually evolving his practice with each project.
Make sure to be there in time to secure a seat!
We kindly thank Pictoright Fonds for supporting this programme.
De Perso-Arabische Typografische Nacht van vorige maand zat bomvol. Kom naar opnieuw een unieke live sessie met drie opkomende ontwerpers, die zullen spelen met jouw gekozen tekst en deze compleet zullen transformeren. Deze sessie, gecureerd in samenwerking met Trang Hà en Paulina Trzeciak, zal bestaan uit:
Catherine Hu is een multidisciplinaire kunstenaar die alledaagse materialen transformeert in boeiende sculpturale vormen die traditionele opvattingen over drukwerk en design uitdagen. Hu’s projecten onderzoeken vaak de tactiele en visuele kwaliteiten van tekst en creëren installaties die de kijker uitnodigen om de rol van boeken in de hedendaagse cultuur te heroverwegen.
Correspondence, gerund door Lukas Engelhardt en Justus Gelberg, is een grafisch ontwerpbureau dat ideeën, e-mails en briefings omzet in formaten als pdf, jpeg, html en mp4. Lukas uit Amsterdam onderzoekt de esthetiek van autonomie en maakt deel uit van Spookstad, een uitgeverscollectief dat opkomt voor huisvestingsrechten en directe actie. De Berlijnse Justus vindt inspiratie in alledaagse taferelen, architectuur en analoge en digitale archieven – en omarmt daarbij vaak het onconventionele en dilettantische.
Koos Breen verlegt disciplinaire grenzen en beweegt zich soepel tussen art direction, design en kunst. Hij werkt met klanten van royals tot rappers en verkent de materiële mogelijkheden door middel van samenwerking, waarbij hij van alles creëert, van publicaties tot installaties, en met elk project zijn praktijk steeds verder ontwikkelt.
Wees er op tijd bij om een stoel te bemachtigen!
We danken Pictoright Fonds voor de ondersteuning van dit programma.
FILM SCREENING —”a so-called archive” by Onyeka Igwe
Friday 29 November, 19:00 – 23:00 | free entrance
At the occasion of Hoogtij #79, Page Not Found presents a screening of Onyeka Igwe’s film “a so-called archive” (2020). The film examines two decaying sites: the neglected former Nigerian Film Unit building in Lagos and the now-closed British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol. Both locations reflect the uncomfortable legacy of colonialism, as their deteriorating collections and the controversy surrounding the Bristol museum’s closure illustrate society’s struggle to confront its colonial past.
The film lasts 20 minutes and runs continuously throughout the evening.
Onyeka Igwe is a London born, and based, moving image artist and researcher. Her work is aimed at the question: how do we live together? Not to provide a rigid answer as such, but to pull apart the nuances of mutuality, co-existence and multiplicity. Onyeka’s practice figures sensorial, spatial and counter-hegemonic ways of knowing as central to that task. For her, the body, archives and narratives both oral and textual act as a mode of enquiry that makes possible the exposition of overlooked histories. Onyeka will have a solo exhibition at Tate Britain in September 2025. Her work is distributed by LUX and argos, represented by Arcadia Missa.
This film screening is part of Mal d’Archive, Page Not Found’s new public programme, which explores the space between artistic, archival and publishing practices. This programme stretches over several years and includes events, exhibitions, workshops and residencies.
Image: Still from “a so-called archive” (2020), courtesy of Onyeka Igwe.
Ter gelegenheid van Hoogtij #79 presenteert Page Not Found een vertoning van Onyeka Igwe’s film “a so-called archive” (2020). De film onderzoekt twee vervallen locaties: het verwaarloosde voormalige Nigeriaanse Film Unit gebouw in Lagos en het nu gesloten British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol. Beide locaties weerspiegelen de ongemakkelijke erfenis van het kolonialisme. De aftakelende collecties en de controverse rond de sluiting van het museum in Bristol illustreren de worsteling van de samenleving om haar koloniale verleden onder ogen te zien.
De film duurt 20 minuten en draait de hele avond door.
Onyeka Igwe is een in Londen geboren en wonende kunstenaar en onderzoeker op het gebied van bewegend beeld. Haar werk richt zich op de vraag: hoe leven we samen? Niet om een rigide antwoord als zodanig te geven, maar om de nuances van wederkerigheid, co-existentie en multipliciteit uit elkaar te trekken. In Onyeka’s werk staan zintuiglijke, ruimtelijke en tegen-hegemonische manieren van weten centraal. Voor haar fungeren het lichaam, archieven en zowel mondelinge als tekstuele verhalen als een onderzoeksmethode die het mogelijk maakt om over het hoofd geziene geschiedenissen bloot te leggen. Onyeka zal in september 2025 een solotentoonstelling hebben in Tate Britain. Haar werk wordt gedistribueerd door LUX en argos, vertegenwoordigd door Arcadia Missa.
Deze filmvertoning maakt deel uit van Mal d’Archive, het nieuwe openbare programma van Page Not Found, dat de ruimte tussen artistieke, archief- en publicatiepraktijken verkent. Dit programma strekt zich uit over meerdere jaren en omvat evenementen, tentoonstellingen, workshops en residenties.
Afbeelding: Still uit “a so-called archive” (2020), courtesy of Onyeka Igwe.
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Reflecting on a powerful evening for Lara Dautun’s residency at Page Not Found, featuring the book Amplifying 📚, a recent addition to the Archival Textures series. Co-edited by Tabea Nixdorff and Setareh Noorani, Amplifying traces the early roots of Black feminism in the Netherlands, lifting voices often marginalised by structural oppression.
Archival Textures—founded in 2023 and launching its first season this summer—brings together archival histories through a dynamic network of artists, writers, and activists 🌍
🌈 Join us this Friday 15 Nov. for the 3rd and final talk of Lara's residency, Quantum Queerness with the wonderful @soulellis @queerarchivework! From 18:00 -20:00 🕐
Page Not Found is a Centre for Artistic Publishing in The Hague. We are open Wednesday - Sunday, 13:00 - 18:00.
Reflecting on a powerful evening for Lara Dautun’s residency at Page Not Found, featuring the book Amplifying 📚, a recent addition to the Archival Textures series. Co-edited by Tabea Nixdorff and Setareh Noorani, Amplifying traces the early roots of Black feminism in the Netherlands, lifting voices often marginalised by structural oppression.
Archival Textures—founded in 2023 and launching its first season this summer—brings together archival histories through a dynamic network of artists, writers, and activists 🌍
🌈 Join us this Friday 15 Nov. for the 3rd and final talk of Lara's residency, Quantum Queerness with the wonderful @soulellis @queerarchivework! From 18:00 -20:00 🕐
Page Not Found is a Centre for Artistic Publishing in The Hague. We are open Wednesday - Sunday, 13:00 - 18:00.
Huge thanks to everyone who came out for last month’s Perso-Arabic Typographic Night – it was packed! This month, we’re back with another unmissable live session featuring three standout designers, ready to transform your text into something unexpected.
✨ Catherine Hu is a designer based in Amsterdam and the founder of Hoya Books, a publishing imprint launched in July 2024. Hoya Books explores reading and writing alongside the act of composing, through the collection and assembly of text and image.
✨ Correspondence (Lukas Engelhardt & Justus Gelberg) reimagines text in formats like pdf, jpeg, and html, combining Amsterdam’s autonomous spirit with Berlin’s eclectic archive vibes.
✨ Koos Breen flows between art direction and design, collaborating across fields to explore new material possibilities—from publications to bold installations.
Huge thanks to everyone who came out for last month’s Perso-Arabic Typographic Night – it was packed! This month, we’re back with another unmissable live session featuring three standout designers, ready to transform your text into something unexpected.
✨ Catherine Hu is a designer based in Amsterdam and the founder of Hoya Books, a publishing imprint launched in July 2024. Hoya Books explores reading and writing alongside the act of composing, through the collection and assembly of text and image.
✨ Correspondence (Lukas Engelhardt & Justus Gelberg) reimagines text in formats like pdf, jpeg, and html, combining Amsterdam’s autonomous spirit with Berlin’s eclectic archive vibes.
✨ Koos Breen flows between art direction and design, collaborating across fields to explore new material possibilities—from publications to bold installations.
Co-curated with Trang Hà and Paulina Trzeciak.
📅 Friday 22 November
⏰ 18:00-20:00
Free entry as always.
Arrive early to grab a seat!
Images by the wonderful Bart de Baets and thank you to @pictoright fonds for making this programme possible!
Page Not Found is a Centre for Artistic Publishing in The Hague. We are open Wednesday - Sunday, 13:00 - 18:00.
✨⛺️The youngest team member of Page Not Found proposed to build a “Secret Base, Where Kids Can Make Their Own Decisions”. The Base is open for young people, who happen to visit us next week. One can draw, read, make decisions or just dream a little inside. 🪁
✨For those who visit us with babies— you are always welcome to feed or change the baby, a changing station and supplies are available too, please ask our staff.
Page Not Found is open Wednesday through Sunday, 1-6pm!✨
✨⛺️The youngest team member of Page Not Found proposed to build a “Secret Base, Where Kids Can Make Their Own Decisions”. The Base is open for young people, who happen to visit us next week. One can draw, read, make decisions or just dream a little inside. 🪁
✨For those who visit us with babies— you are always welcome to feed or change the baby, a changing station and supplies are available too, please ask our staff.
Page Not Found is open Wednesday through Sunday, 1-6pm!✨...
Third day at Offprint Paris! Delighted to bring our friends’ brilliant works to french eyes and hands, alongside our own publishing. If you’re in the area, come by and say hi — the second floor is buzzing and hot!
A huge thanks to @mondriaanfonds for their generous support making this possible!
Third day at Offprint Paris! Delighted to bring our friends’ brilliant works to french eyes and hands, alongside our own publishing. If you’re in the area, come by and say hi — the second floor is buzzing and hot!
A huge thanks to @mondriaanfonds for their generous support making this possible!
We are excited to unveil the fourth edition of the Open Letters 2024: "Typographic Resistance" by @balazs.milanik.
- voor Nederlands zie comments -
In his Open Letter, Balázs addresses the heavy censorship on social media surrounding the genocide in Gaza. To bypass this censorship, users engage in “typographic resistance” by altering characters in words like “Palestine.”
Open Letters is an ongoing urban project that invites artists and writers from The Hague to share messages of urgency and vulnerability through our storefront space. On view 24/7.
We kindly thank @attachmentissues_nl for amazing vinyl work and of course @stroom_den_haag, @gemeentedenhaag and @mondriaanfonds for supporting this programme.
Page Not Found is a Centre for Artistic Publishing in The Hague. We're open Wed-Sun 13:00 - 18:00.
We are excited to unveil the fourth edition of the Open Letters 2024: "Typographic Resistance" by @balazs.milanik.
- voor Nederlands zie comments -
In his Open Letter, Balázs addresses the heavy censorship on social media surrounding the genocide in Gaza. To bypass this censorship, users engage in “typographic resistance” by altering characters in words like “Palestine.”
Open Letters is an ongoing urban project that invites artists and writers from The Hague to share messages of urgency and vulnerability through our storefront space. On view 24/7.
We kindly thank @attachmentissues_nl for amazing vinyl work and of course @stroom_den_haag, @gemeentedenhaag and @mondriaanfonds for supporting this programme.
Page Not Found is a Centre for Artistic Publishing in The Hague. We're open Wed-Sun 13:00 - 18:00.