A collaborative, creative practice about stuttering by @conor_foran 🗣️ Issue 2 now available through link in bio 📘 @stuttermore 🤖
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ALT Screenshot from video call (Zoom) showing 23 participants smiling. Some hold up copies of issue 2 of Dysfluent - Stammering Pride. Text reads Brod Stadaireachta/Stammering pride with Conor Foran (Dysfluent) Wed 01 May 2024
ALT A photo of a billboard on a New York City building. Three lines of black text appear on a light seafoam green background: ‘La tartamudez nos ofrece tiempo, 口吃者創創創創創創創創創創創造時間, Stuttering can create time.’ The text is in a sans serif typeface organized in three straight lines within the top half of the composition. The bottom half of the composition is empty emphasising a sense of pauses, silences and expectations. The text is all lowercase and lacks punctuation, giving a casual and informal almost text message-like feel. Each line of text represents a form of stuttered speech: blocks, repetitions and prolongations. The first line in Spanish translates to “Stuttering offers us time.” The space between “us” and “time” represents a block. The second line in Chinese translates to “People who stutter create time.” The first characters in the Chinese word for “create” are repeated. In the third line in English the “s” in “stuttering” is stretched horizontally to represent prolonged sound.
ALT Cover of Issue 2 of the Dysfluent magazine
ALT 3 images: 1. Front cover of Dysfluent magazine. "Issue 2 Stammering Pride" has a duck egg blue background and royal blue text in a font representing stammered speech that reads "The prouder I get, the more change happens" 2. A black and white page with quoted text that reads 'stammering pride night not resonate with evert member of the community. For some it could even be a challenging ot uncomfortable idea. The ISA is a trusted, welcoming inclusive space for everyone so we wanted to share our enthusiasm yet still make space for all experiences and perspectives of stammering.' 3. A book open to a page with text descriptions of ISA Brod Stadaireachta / Stammering Pride resources on stammeringireland.ie
ALT "A photo of a book's table of contents and a handwritten thank-you note. The note is written on a card with a blue and white abstract design, saying 'Puneet, Thank you so much for being part of this special time. Love, Conor.' It rests on top of an envelope with blue text. The visible part of the book's contents page lists chapters like 'Pathways to pride,' 'Sowing seeds of self-compassion,' and 'Advocating for unity' by Puneet Singh, among others, with page numbers. The contents suggest themes of advocacy."
ALT "An open magazine spread with typographic design elements emphasizing the theme of stuttering. The words 'Dysfluent,' 'Stammering Pride,' and phrases like 'The more I try to hide it,' 'the prouder I get, the more change happens' are arranged creatively across the pages with repetition and varying sizes to mimic the experience of stuttering. Interspersed are smaller texts reflecting personal thoughts, such as 'I still struggle to talk about it,' 'I see shame in my stammering,' and 'All I've ever wanted was to fix it.' The design suggests a focus on the acceptance and understanding of stuttering."
ALT "A digital image featuring a repetitive pattern of the word 'diversity' in various sizes and orientations, creating a textured background. In the middle of the image, breaking the pattern, the phrase 'There is diversity in stammering' is written in bold, clear text, standing out against the busy backdrop. The design appears to make a statement about the varied nature of stammering within diverse populations."
ALT Cover - when closed - of Issue 2 of magazine Dysfffluent. Text reads The prouder I get, the more change happens. The text has with overlaid repeated letters and gaps in the way the typography works. Uses new font Dysfluent Mono to do this
ALT Sample part of the same cover when open and unfolded, which reveals smaller text in various places between the letters and words. These are not visible when the magazine cover is closed. These smaller short texts read I still struggle to talk about it, I see shame in my stammering, All I've ever wanted was to fix it, Pride can be toxic and I don't want to steamroll other people and Will I ever be happy stammering?