April 2026

Statement and Counter-Statement 2:
Typologies/ Typographies/
Topologies/ Topographies


Notes on Experimental Jetset, vol. 4
(Roma 500)

Ten years after the publication of Statement and Counter-Statement (Roma Publications, 2015), Amsterdam-based graphic design collective Experimental Jetset edited and designed the second instalment of their monograph. Titled Typologies/ Typographies/ Topologies/ Topographies (Roma Publications, 2026), this second volume brings together a broad selection of their work, while also featuring a handful of essays contributed by several guest authors: James Goggin, Lieven Lahaye, Greil Marcus, Yasmil Raymond, and Lucy Sante.

Two full sections of the paperback are devoted to work created by Experimental Jetset between 2015 and 2025. While the In Situ chapter focuses on pieces shown within specific contexts (in the streets, in exhibitions, in archives, and in other situations) the Ex Situ chapter consists of actual-size reproductions of the work, scanned at scale 1:1 against a black background and sequenced as a fragmentary graphic essay.

Four authors were invited to contribute essays about their favourite subjects. The first essay, by Lieven Lahaye, functions as an introduction of sorts, reflecting on the reciprocal relationship between activism and archivism. This opening is followed by Greil Marcus, who contributed an essay exploring the surreal modernity of Walter Benjamin's seminal One-Way Street. Lucy Sante continues this narrative, offering a concise account of the history of the street sign in photography. The final chapter is dedicated to the last decade of Donald Judd, as chronicled by Yasmil Raymond.

Another chapter of the paperback consists of fragments from interviews and essays written between 2015 and 2025 by Experimental Jetset. These fragments have been compiled and edited by James Goggin, who also wrote a short introduction to the section. Titled An Alphabetical Action Anthology, Goggin's selection focuses on the use of active verbs within these texts.

The paperback (105 x 180 mm, 656 pages) was proofread by Dutton Hauhart and offset printed by NPN Printing. Carrying the catalogue number Roma 500, it appears as Volume 4 of Notes on Experimental Jetset, an ongoing series within Roma Publications.



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