after futura: 26 broadsides printed by hansjörg mayer is an exhibition curated by Camilo Otero and Eva Parra that revisits Hansjörg Mayer’s futura (1965–1968), a series of twenty-six broadsides bringing together artists and poets working at the intersection of experimental publishing, typography, and language-based art. Produced at a moment when artists’ publications were emerging as an independent field, Mayer’s project positioned the printed page as both exhibition space and circulation network, connecting an international community engaged in conceptual and material approaches to language.
The exhibition presents the complete futura series alongside catalogs and book compilations of the time, situating it within broader histories of postwar experimental publishing. In dialogue with this historical framework, Center for Book Arts has commissioned fourteen contemporary artists to produce new broadsides that draw from Mayer’s original premise by treating the typeface Futura and the spatial format of the broadside as shared infrastructure for artistic experimentation.
These newly commissioned works will be published as a limited-edition set by Center for Book Arts. The project will also be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog featuring newly commissioned essays and documentation of the historical futura series.
Participating artists: Rosaire Appel, Marco Balesteros, Yuchen Chang, Experimental Jetset, Yusuf Hassan, Kelli Anderson, Carlos Issa, Karel Martens, Iván Martínez, Martin La Roche, Hezin O, Jose Quintanar, Manuel Raeder, Audra Wolowiec.
After Futura Catalogue
After Futura: 26 Broadsides Printed by Hansjörg Mayer brings together the complete futura series, produced by Hansjörg Mayer in Stuttgart between 1965 and 1968, alongside newly commissioned responses by contemporary artists, designers, poets, and publishers. Edited to accompany the exhibition of the same name, this catalogue includes a curatorial essay and expanded labels for all twenty-six broadsides, offering
historical context and close readings of the individual works. Through the broadsides, the publication introduces the artists, poets, and ideas that shaped the futura series and the experimental print culture from which it emerged.
Participating artists include Rosaire Appel, Marco Balesteros, Yuchen Chang, Experimental Jetset, Yusuf Hassan, Kelli Anderson, Carlos Issa, Karel Martens, Iván Martínez, Martin La Roche, Hezin O, Jose Quintanar, Manuel Raeder, and Audra Wolowiec.
