TYPO Talks: How is rhythm reflected in your work?
Elliot Earls: Music and performance has been an integral part of my work throughout my career. Rhythm is a major component of music.
TT: How do you get into your creative rhythm?
EE: Never get out of it.
TT: What speakers are you most looking forward to meeting or hearing talk at TYPO SF?
EE: Emory Douglas.
TT: If you haven’t visited SF before, what are you most looking forward to experiencing? If you are familiar with San Francisco, do you have a favorite hangout?
EE: The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park is beautiful.
TT: What’s your favorite typeface and why?
EE: Typhoid Mary 3D Light, because it was a foundational component of my work.
Elliott Earls
Elliott Earls is Artist-in-Residence and head of the Graduate Graphic Design Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Mr. Earls has led the graduate program at Cranbrook since 2001. His work as a designer, performer, and artist is represented in major collections including the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, The Wolfsonian Museum, and The Miami Art Museum. His work has been featured in both solo and group exhibitions at Art Basel Miami Beach. As a performance artist Earls was awarded an Emerging Artist Grant from Manhattan’s prestigious Wooster Group. Earls has performed globally including featured shows during the Exit Festival at Maison des arts de Créteil, and at Music Hall, Detroit. Earls' work as an artist has been exhibited widely including a major recent installation at the Triennale Museum in Milan.
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