AMVK in Shanghai

What I have tried and partially done this month, is to open a door by means of an alchemistic procedure through which my cultural identity could enter during the undergoing of the days in Shanghai.

This results in 5 works, some completed, others not yet. My work area is the processing of rest data, detritus, triviality. During labour negativity becomes positive automatically. I open myself for the very small and the large in general. Each subject, each phenomenon is a living organism. Including my own spirit. That works by itself and does its best. I only have to follow my ideas.

The first work is a small drawing on blank paper, named: "Good Morning". That one I made in the first week of my stay. My subconsciousness has arrived and greets China. (Chinese ink and felt tip on paper).

My 2nd work exists from 12 "scrapings". I scraped on material for small children my first Chinese signs and added during the learning process own cultural connotations. The series is unfinished and is called "Another Monkey". Every day I overcame a little bit more overconfidence and awkwardness.

The third work are 18 computerprints based on photographs that I made of the trees which stand along Sinan Lu. It is a street near the place where I lived for a month. The way the plane trees in the French Concession have contakt with the ground has fascinated me right from the start. While stepping I passed trunks with faces that have seen what we can no longer see. Their motionlessness and old age pass quiet, restful, foolish and sometimes aggressive messages. I can see Chinese theatre masks in them.

The 4th work is a computer-animation, subdivided by 12 texts that I saw on the street or in the media, or which I heard from people. They structure and link the experiences which I registered the last weeks. During the practical treatment of the images the meaning of my days changes into philosophy. This work is called "Interior with Tree". Each person carries a tree in himself, in each tree there is a person. The city is a room full of nature. The sound I made at the beginning of my residence. it is the morning dialogue of the birds with the city.

The 5th work is a black surface in plexiglass. It carries the titles and explanation of the other works.

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	What I have tried and partially done this month, is to open a door by means of an alchemistic procedure through which my cultural identity could enter during the undergoing of the days in Shanghai. This results in 5 works, some completed, others not yet. My work area is the processing of rest data, detritus, triviality. During labour negativity becomes positive automatically. I open myself for the very small and the large in general. Each subject, each phenomenon is a living organism. Including my own spirit. That works by itself and does its best. I only have to follow my ideas. The first work is a small drawing on blank paper, named: "Good Morning". That one I made in the first week of my stay. My subconsciousness has arrived and greets China. (Chinese ink and felt tip on paper). My 2nd work exists from 12 "scrapings". I scraped on material for small children my first Chinese signs and added during the learning process own cultural connotations. The series is unfinished and is called "Another Monkey". Every day I overcame a little bit more overconfidence and awkwardness. The third work are 18 computerprints based on photographs that I made of the trees which stand along Sinan Lu. It is a street near the place where I lived for a month. The way the plane trees in the French Concession have contakt with the ground has fascinated me right from the start. While stepping I passed trunks with faces that have seen what we can no longer see. Their motionlessness and old age pass quiet, restful, foolish and sometimes aggressive messages. I can see Chinese theatre masks in them. The 4th work is a computer-animation, subdivided by 12 texts that I saw on the street or in the media, or which I heard from people. They structure and link the experiences which I registered the last weeks. During the practical treatment of the images the meaning of my days changes into philosophy. This work is called "Interior with Tree". Each person carries a tree in himself, in each tree there is a person. The city is a room full of nature. The sound I made at the beginning of my residence. it is the morning dialogue of the birds with the city. The 5th work is a black surface in plexiglass. It carries the titles and explanation of the other works.	NL
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