Sonic Acts 2024
Sonic Acts is an interdisciplinary arts organization based in Amsterdam presenting new developments in electronic and digital art forms. Their biennial international festival is an art, theory and technology gathering motivated by changes in the ecological, political, technological and social landscape.
The visual identity for Sonic Acts 2024 edition “The Spell of the Sensuous” was designed by Anja Kaiser and Knoth & Renner, who also programmed the accompanying website. The design pays homage to Georgia O’Keeffe, an artist renowned for her mythic and uninhabited landscape masterpieces. Channeling her distinctive palette, the visuals employ earthly and lively hues hinting at images beyond human senses – a mystical entrancement in O’Keeffe’s landscapes or the liquid interconnectedness of (non)beings.
In An American Place, 1941, remarking on the sensuously intimate and familial act of noticing nature, Giorgia O’Keeffe wrote: “in a way – nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small – we haven’t time – and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time.”
The typographic gesture assumes the roles of observer, chronicler, and perpetual traveler, traversing the linear notes of monospaced typography. Intertwined with the typography, asemic writing plays the role of silent companions. These signs defy conventional decryption methods, evading semantic clarity. Instead, they beckon us to embrace subjective, inquisitive interpretations, inviting us to delve into uncharted territories of understanding.
The visual identity combines the open-source typeface Geist, used for title typography, with CMM Coda in Proportional, Proportional Normalized and Mono Serif cuts, used for body copy and small print.
