1.
Writing is moving!
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physical act of writing calligraphy plays a central part. The
‘act’ or ‘gesture’
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| is
central in my works. Not the finished work, but the process that leads
to it, |
| rather
is art. In this respect it is more akin to performing arts than to most
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| other
modes of visual expression. |
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| Some
works consist of
rhythmical patterns,
in which ballistic enforcement (in one |
| movement
without correcting or checking up during the process) is very important.
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| These writing patterns form the basis of a good legible
handwriting and of most legible italic |
| typefaces. The flexibility and regularity of these
expressive lines and |
| shapes are the
basic elements of creative expression. |
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| All
my creations have their
own secrets.
I ask you, the spectator, to watch creatively and |
| unravel
those secrets, because you usually cannot read the words or text in
the |
| classical
sense. I give people the freedom to ‘read’ the visual sensation
in their own way. |
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| • The character of my work is
atectonic, dynamic and seems
to fall off the sheet. |
| My
work refuses to be packed. I use diagonal textpaths. Also I give
more structure |
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| and tension to a fact which seems chaotic at
first sight. |
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Now and then I make
over-all compositions.
There is no order of importance. |
| Characters,words,
texts applied in layers. In that case patterns develop like divisions, |
| accentuating
the graphic and lyric character of my abstract calligraphy. |
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Some text-paths are connected with each other by
threads.
| Sometimes
the text can be brutal or provocative and the words may
seem to be caught |
| behind
bars, imprisoned, prevented from ‘escaping’,
from being ‘read’ or ‘deciphered’. |
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The
texture
of my
calligraphic works is of various nature. I write with anything
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imaginable: reed
pens, steel pens, sticks, self made cola pens, fragments of glass,
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| pigments,
acrylic paint, wax, glue and sands from all over the whole world… |
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The base of the calligraphic texts can also vary from classical types
of papers,
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| 6.
Jazz and Repetitive Music
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| I hardly
ever make drafts or sketches. Usually I work with music as a source
of inspiration. |
| In such
instances I give my inspiration a free hand. |
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Jazz: Keith Jarret, Philippe Cathérine, Larry Coryell, Al Di
Meola, |
| Chick
Corea, Friedrich Gulda… |
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Repetitive music: Steve Reich, Michael Nyman, Wim Mertens… |
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Others: Dead Can Dance, Stone Age, Amon Tobin, david Sylvian,
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| Nick
Cave, Soft Machine... |
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