Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Gestures (artists book, 2007)

Marjolijn Dijkman

For the two exhibitions Adaptation and Neue Konzepte I developed together with Julie Peeters a pocket size publication that gives insight in the archival system and images of the ongoing research 'Theatrum orbis Terrarum'. There are 8 or 16 images per category that function like an index to the archive.

This part of my research is based on gestures. Examples of these gestures are found in the way that elements are adapted, concealed, demonstrated, mirrored, constructed, and so on. I systematically photographed how such modes of spatial organization could be investigated as gestures made to organize, maintain, or sometimes disrupt a certain order in our life world. The focus on gestures gave form to an archiving of autonomous places that would only in the greater collection of photos establish relations with other places and gestures.

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Edition: Black and White pocket, 128 pages, edition of 500
Published by: Jan van Eyck Academie and Peacock Visual Arts
Download: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (pdf)
ISBN: 978-0-9555524-0-3

Distribution: Jan van Eyck Academie (Maastricht, NL), Werkplaats Typografie (Arnhem,NL), Museum de Paviljoens (Almere, NL), Bookie Wookie (Amsterdam, NL), MuHKA (Antwerp, BE) Peacock Visual Arts (Aberdeen,UK), Bonner Kunstverein (Bonn, DE), IKON Gallery (Birmingham, UK), Oogabooga (Los Angeles, USA) or by mail. (7 euro excl. postage costs)