I

“i” is an exploration of the self as a typographic event. In an age of overstatement, this work returns to the smallest unit of identity: the first-person singular. Through negative space, scale, and repetition, i asks: what remains when you strip away biography, achievement, and label? The answer is a vertical line and a dot—fragile, upright, singular. This piece invites viewers to stand before i and complete the sentence themselves.

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In the Phoenician alphabet (circa 1050 BCE), the ancestor of "i" was the letter yodh , which meant "arm" or "hand." It looked like a zigzagging lightning bolt. By the time the Greeks got their hands on it, they had stripped away the excess, straightening the bolt into a vertical line. They called it iota . “i” is an exploration of the self as a typographic event

: It is the foundation of subjective experience in communication, allowing individuals to express personal thoughts, feelings, and actions. The answer is a vertical line and a