Alphaforms:
"The entirety of mankind is written in the alphabet"
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of a series of 26 stone tablets that traces the evolution of written communication. Each
tablet is handcarved with an individual image or letter form that corresponds with the
26 letters of the western alphabet from A to Z. Alphaforms uses the alphabet as a timeline
to show the history of mankind. A is an ox from the cave paintings at Lascaux, D is a
hieroglyph, P is renaissance chancery hand, Z is in the ones and zeros of the binary code
of the computer. Each letter correspondes to a historical development in human history.