Angela Detanico och Rafael Lain, SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS, 2011. Photo: Olle Kirchmeier
The artist duo Detanico & Lain’s work is focused on language, and specifically typography. New Roman Times (2011) is a remodelling and reversal of the classic typeface Times New Roman. SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS (2011) is an adaption of a mysterious Latin palindrome, which can be written in a square and read from all directions. Detanico & Lain have created their own coded alphabet and written the palindrome with concrete slabs on the floor.
Angela Detanico (1974) and Rafael Lain (1973) are an artist duo from Brazil. They live and work in Paris. Selected recent exhibitions include Galería Moro, Santiago, Chile (2010); Jeu de Paume, Paris (2008) and Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2008).