The third installment of Unidentified Paper Object (UPO) explores Marion Bataille’s playful and profound approach to reading and writing. Published following Writing One's Name, her double exhibition in Le Havre (May–July 2018), this issue reflects on Bataille’s workshops, which offer alternative tools for literacy—an inventive second chance to complete the learning of reading and writing.

Through black, white, and red letters, the results of Bataille's workshops capture the beauty of effort: the recognizable forms shaped by clumsy, dignified gestures, daring creativity, and the inventiveness of learning. Observing these workshops, the editors sensed something significant taking place. To investigate further, UPO invited contributions from former schoolteacher Marie-Thérèse Zerbato Poudou, typography historian Sébastien Morlighem, philosopher Aude Lambert, and curator Lucile Haguet. 

This issue includes an AOZ kit (scissors and glue not included) to encourage readers to engage in their own experiments—because nothing replaces the experience of making.

Winner of Fedrigoni Top Award, 1st place (Milan 2021).

Designed by Rejane Dal Bello

Published by Éditions Non Standard, 2019
Bilingual, in French and English

Softcover, 204 pages, color, 9.06 × 12.8 inches

ISBN: 979-1-09-693904-6