The ancient technologies of language as a tool of humans are giving way to the current technologies of its coded forms, which are tools of machines, and the corporations which run them, not humans. In this work we see that language was always something precious which needed protection, but only in this present moment do we fully understand its fragility as we contemplate its imminent loss.

 The fragility spoken of is expressed through these frail prints, on the thinnest of paper, taken directly from the surface of wooden letters which no longer exist, and which involved an intense struggle to capture their essence before they ‘died’. The ghostly repository of these letters is all we have left to remind us of the material beauty of a previously strong and human-grounded language which is no more. 

 In contrast, the bronze M is a statement of strength in the face of loss. As a memorial to the last of the last letters, it stands as a testament to a language which exceeded its function, and which was a means for poetry, literature, philosophy and much more. Heidegger said that "Language is the house of being”. He meant that to be human is to live within language, think with language, and to ‘be’ within language. At this point in time his remark means so much, and resonates deeply within these last letters which remind us of the profound connection between language and our humanity.