Press: the album

Prelo: o álbum

This work is a tribute to master typographer Ademir Matias de Almeida.

Matias, as we call him, is the main character in Prelo, a short documentary that briefly records a life surrounded by machines, type, inks and paper.

In an almost confessional tone, Matias shares with his viewers memories of a life dedicated to typography and addresses universal themes such as time, loneliness, resilience and transformation.

This set of [tipo]prints began production in the summer of 2014 during the filming of the short film. Composed and printed by 20 hands, the works captured here celebrate Matias's life and the peculiarities of letterpress printing. The proposed format also invites transformation, and it is up to the reader to decide how to use it: as an album, book, or packaging.

Long live!

With the collaboration of Ademir Matias, Caroline Gischewski, Fabio Martins, Flavio Vignoli, Luis Matuto, Olavo D'Aguiar, Pedro Leitin, Raquel Pinheiro and Ricardo Donato.