"Helvetica" screening

[ilai]

Three weeks from today (April 11), I'm going to a screening of Helvetica at MassArt. Is anyone else interested in coming along?

From the event description:

Helvetica will begin at 6pm with a reception in MassArt's Godine Gallery and continue at 7pm with a screening in the Pozen Center for Interrelated Media. After the film, join us for a Q&A with director Gary Huswit and designer Matthew Carter.

from the Helvetica website: "Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which is celebrating its 50th birthday this year) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives." The Boston premier will be produced by Eventworks at MassArt on April 11.

Tickets are $10 ($11 online via PayPal), but the Eventworks blog says they're half-gone already and only holding a limited number at the door.

Comments

[poissonvert.livejournal.com]

OH MY. I want to go too!
Will buy a ticket now.

[poissonvert.livejournal.com]

Yo, I really did just go buy a ticket. It processed without a problem, I mean, I am assuming I actually bought a ticket, because it seemed to work.

[ilai]

Sweet! Should we meet up at the reception?

[staticentropy.livejournal.com]

Helvetica!!!

[ilai]

Hah, that is hilarious :-)

I can't help notice the creeping in of Arial on the textbook cover and the distilled water label though....

[fredrickegerman.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I forwarded the pointer to the website to work (where we have a few typography nuts) and my boss offered to pay for people to go. Dunno if I can make it yet.