Photograffiti Montréal (2013)
A new version of this project associated with the Literacy Foundation, includes adults undergoing literacy training.
The participants, attending the grassroots literacy organization, L’Atelier des lettres, agreed to answer the following question: “What message would you like to pass on to someone with strong reading and writing skills?” Each of them then agreed to have their photo taken with their message displayed on a poster.
Now all you have to do is decode the words on these posters. The roles are reversed, placing you, the reader, in the position of having to decipher messages mostly written in sounds. In fact, the words have not been corrected, the emphasis instead being placed on real communication. So errors must not be
considered mistakes—that’s their message for you, which trumps any rule of written language.
The participants, attending the grassroots literacy organization, L’Atelier des lettres, agreed to answer the following question: “What message would you like to pass on to someone with strong reading and writing skills?” Each of them then agreed to have their photo taken with their message displayed on a poster.
Now all you have to do is decode the words on these posters. The roles are reversed, placing you, the reader, in the position of having to decipher messages mostly written in sounds. In fact, the words have not been corrected, the emphasis instead being placed on real communication. So errors must not be
considered mistakes—that’s their message for you, which trumps any rule of written language.
