In Novel Tongues, Annabelle Binnerts and Vincent de Boer, each from his own language-oriented practice, attempt to capture the intangible sides of language. In the exhibition, you can see various letters and texts, each of which seems to have been reduced to a certain essence: words that are formed into drawings, detached from meaning, and language that revolves around sounds.
Binnerts thus explores spoken language, and with it the relationship between language and the body: how can you capture and shape words after they leave your tongue? The words in her works are on the borderline of legibility; as if they have just emerged from the fog, or, on the contrary, merge back into it. In the works, she plays with the ability of language to evoke another world, and move you to another place, or into another body.
De Boer focused mainly on written language, and how a story can already be hidden in the act of writing itself; like hands writing out the words for you, even before you yourself know what is going to be told. He thus goes against the misconception that everything must be explicable in order to understand something, in a way that reminds us of the primal human need to write.
In Novel Tongues, the works of Binnerts and de Boer engage with each other. The works were created on the basis of a series of reciprocal studio visits and developed especially for the exhibition. Among other things, this resulted in two site-specific installations: a workstation by de Boer, central in the space, surrounded by a mural by Binnerts, which transforms the entire space of PARK into a new, poetic dimension full of possibilities.
Annabelle Binnerts (1995) is a visual artist and writer whose work suggests that reading a sentence can be like opening a door, allowing you to enter a hidden world behind the written words. In her work, language and words are both subject and material. In her murals, textile works and books, she thus creates poetic spaces that invite contemplation and introspection.
Vincent de Boer (1988) is an artist with a background in calligraphy. His work is characterised by the expressiveness of a single brushstroke, revealing subtle nuances and rhythm. He translates this working method into different media, such as paper, monumental murals and live performances.
The opening is on Saturday 29 March at 4pm. You are most welcome.
On this day, PARK will be open from 3pm.
Click here for the exhibition guide (NL and EN).
