L’Europe c’est Deutshland quand tu rate laba tu est foutue mon frère, le reste c’est du fouma-fouma!LEurope cest Deutshland quand tu rate laba tu est foutue mon frre, le reste cest du fouma fouma! is a visual documentation of all written forms of language (inscriptions, engravings, drawings, collages, official documents) found by Eliott Dchamboux and Marcel Mrejen in the Koepelgevangenis in Haarlem, Netherlands. The Koepelgevangenis, designed by Willem Metzelaar, served as a prison from 1901 to 2015 and was then used to house asylum seekers (until
The book is richly illustrated and includes a substantial essay by Erlend Hammer
ambiguous representations akin to heat maps or aerial views
By exhibiting products and art in the same space at different times
the book connects moments before
Where do you place a connection
edited by Ivo Barão and Peter Hutter
but an emphatic view that focuses on things and turns to them
creating compositions that revealed both their morphology and their character
Unlike traditional abstract painting
The result is an extensive collection of snapshots of different buildings and their unique presence in a landscape that is continuously moved and shaped by time and the forces of nature
it reflects more broadly on ornament and vernacular aesthetics
The artist is interested in what happens between those who create and those who receive – which is to say
