In de Kunstmaakplaats in de OBA zijn we bezig met het maken van comics en zines. Een van de onderwerpen die aan bod komen is storytelling. Hoe maak je een goed verhaal? Hoe maak je goede hoofdpersonen? En hoe een mooie verhaalboog? Voor de workshop over storytelling in de bibliotheek maakte ik twee zines. Over…
A series of painted Boring Portraits of boring little scenes. Practice, not art.
I’ve been making portraits of boring objects for years. I like the way they are exactly what they should be and how clever they are designed and constructed. And how they suffer from a chronic lack of appreciation and attention. Portraying them helps me in training my ability to observe and comforts my autistic nervousness.…
A table is a wonderful thing. It holds stories, even after the table is cleaned of the traces of those stories. What did the table witness, what did it hear? Did people cry? Was a negotiation finished? Was there fighting of flirting? The table knows but will never tell.