Language is everything. Without it, we are nothing. It is the link between our mind and our body, between us and the Universe. It not only allows us to turn ideas into reality, but for us to perceve reality. When we speak, write, gesture, or make signals or signs, we have the power to transport concepts into the realm of material being. Signifiers not only allow us to experience, but communicate our view of reality. Reality is , after all, only a subjective perception - subtly different for each of us, depending on our circumstances and viewpoint. Communication is manipulation. Language is not just a tool, but a weapon...

Phutyle International, in conjunction with semTEXT, has produced three booklets celebrating the subversive nature of language, both textual and pictorial.

DENY EVERYTHING (1996 A6, 24 pages) Strictly limited edition (100 copies). hand printed. Individual copies are not numbered and only a few remain.

semTEXT (1996 A6, 24 pages) Produced for, and exhibited in, the NCAD Fine Art Degree show, R.H.A. Gallery, Dublin, June 1996.

This is for you! (1996 A6, 20 pages) Produced for, and exhibited in, Side Effects, Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, June 1997. Text and graphics.

The above booklets were available free of charge, however they are no longer in stock. We have plans to post PDF versions on this page as soon as possible, along with a brand new, PDF only publication; semTEXT2.0.