Micke re-construction manual
I made this re-construction manual for the Ikea Micke last month.
Dali to Derry in a day
Today, we visited the Dali exhibition in Fabrique des Lumieres. A fascinating light show has been constructed in the former factory at the Westergasfabriekterrein in Amsterdam. The show is supported by intimidating music from Pink Floyd, mostly from Dark Side of the Moon.
Back home, we binge-watched Derry Girls on Netflix, a delightfully insane series about a group of young people in Northern Ireland. The show was supported by “Teenage Kicks” of The Undertones, one of the most effective songs ever if you listen carefully.
Drawing has to come out of your body
One of the things you’ll hear people say, when they tell me they wish they could draw, is, “I see it in my head, but I can’t get it onto the page.” And then I have to remind them that what they’re seeing in their head is not a drawing. Drawing is something that has to come out of your body.
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My task — and it can be done within 30 minutes — is to get them past that. … The easiest way to do that is to have them close their eyes and draw. … The trick is to show them that there’s another kind of drawing that is very different than representational drawing
New work: Albini digital prints
New work. Digital prints, 40x40cm, limited edition. I think I’ve been done with digital work for a while now. There are a few more to go, but analog work is also coming.
Tamar Frank’s redefining Light Space in Hilversum
Another video of work by Tamar Frank in Museum Hilversum. From our visit yesterday.
Popel, Light Spaces, time travel
I visited my mother yesterday. A cousin of hers (what’s that to me?) delved into the family history, and it produced new material that I am now taking with me. Old photos of my grandfather’s brother and their parents, and even further back. It’s going into the archives.
I see myself, an age ago.
I drove on to Museum Hilversum and saw the exhibition. Popel Coumou and Tamar Frank have arranged Light Spaces. I was especially curious about Popel Coumou‘s work. I had heard of her in the podcast Springvossen and seen her work online, but I did not know Tamar Frank’s work.
Passing the cash register in Museum Hilversum is a small task for someone who is not that keen on conversation. The extremely friendly staff wants to explain the exhibition and the building in which the museum is located, the old city hall, where even the prison is still preserved – in the women’s restroom – I now know.
Eventually, I am let loose in the museum. Light Spaces is inspiring. Very rewarding.
Outside, It just won’t stop raining.
Boijmans in het Rijks
Gisteren geen werkdag dus zelf dingen doen. Boijmans in het Rijks bekijken. Flitscamera mee en onderweg experimenteren.
Snel boodschappen gedaan en de hond uitgelaten en onderweg.
Boijmans is in de Philips hoek. Ik dwaal door de gangen met topwerken.
Wat is het hoogtepunt van Boijmans in het Rijks? Ik moet er verrassend veel moeite voor doen met dit voor de geest te halen. De kamer van Yayoi Kusama denk ik. Heb er een filmpje van gemaakt. En de bekende foto van Cindy Sherman. De Toren van Babel van Pieter Brueghel, de oude.
Het is een beetje een potpourri, hoewel de opbouw thematisch is.
Nina Katchadourian
Nina Katchadourian is geweldig.
Corita Kent’s Immaculate Heart College Art Department Rules
Overal te lezen en nu ook hier omdat de belangrijk zijn. De art department rules van Corita Kent, zonder problemen universeel toepasbaar.
Rule 1 FIND A PLACE YOU TRUST, AND THEN TRY TRUSTING IT FOR A WHILE.
Rule 2 GENERAL DUTIES OF A STUDENT: PULL EVERYTHING OUT OF YOUR TEACHER; PULL EVERYTHING OUT OF YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS.
Rule 3 GENERAL DUTIES OF A TEACHER: PULL EVERYTHING OUT OF YOUR STUDENTS.
Rule 4 CONSIDER EVERYTHING AN EXPERIMENT.
Rule 5 BE SELF-DISCIPLINED: THIS MEANS FINDING SOMEONE WISE OR SMART AND CHOOSING TO FOLLOW THEM. TO BE DISCIPLINED IS TO FOLLOW IN A GOOD WAY. TO BE
SELF-DISCIPLINED IS TO FOLLOW IN A BETTER WAY.
Rule 6 NOTHING IS A MISTAKE. THERE’S NO WIN AND NO FAIL, THERE’S ONLY MAKE.
Rule 7 THE ONLY RULE IS WORK. IF YOU WORK IT WILL LEAD TO SOMETHING. IT’S THE PEOPLE WHO DO ALL OF THE WORK ALL OF THE TIME WHO EVENTUALLY CATCH ON TO THINGS.
Rule 8 DON’T TRY TO CREATE AND ANALYZE AT THE SAME TIME. THEY’RE DIFFERENT PROCESSES.
Rule 9 BE HAPPY WHENEVER YOU CAN MANAGE IT. ENJOY YOURSELF. IT’S LIGHTER THAN YOU THINK.
Rule 10 “WE’RE BREAKING ALL THE RULES. EVEN OUR OWN RULES. AND HOW DO WE DO THAT? BY LEAVING PLENTY OF ROOM FOR X QUANTITIES.” JOHN CAGE
HELPFUL HINTS: ALWAYS BE AROUND. COME OR GO TO EVERYTHING. ALWAYS GO TO CLASSES. READ ANYTHING YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON. LOOK AT MOVIES CAREFULLY, OFTEN. SAVE EVERYTHING-IT MIGHT COME IN HANDY LATER.
THERE SHOULD BE NEW RULES NEXT WEEK.
Repareerbaarheid & Tom Sachs
Ik hou van het werk van Tom Sachs. Hij is een heerlijke ambachtelijk beeldhouwer.
Ik kwam deze uitspraak van hem tegen:
The legacy of an object lies in its ability to be repaired.
Ik denk dat repareerbaarheid niet alleen noodzakelijk is, en verplicht zou moeten worden, maar het is ook heerlijk, spullen repareren in plaats van weggooien.
En laat die “reparatiewonden” maar zichtbaar zijn. Een nieuwe moraal, een nieuwe esthetiek.
