Yesterday I presented the Chimeric Glyphic System at the London Arts-Based Research Centre conference at Oxford University under the title “From Fragment to Chimera: The Artist Book as an Alchemical System of Transformation”.The question behind the presentation is one that continues to guide my work: what if alchemy were not only something represented in art, … Continue reading The Laboratory Remains Open
Barcelona Is the Glyph
A city can be a system of memory, structure and transformation.At first, Barcelona appears to be where the story happens. Then the city begins to answer back.The Protocols move through cemeteries, gardens, hidden rooms, markets, streets, old structures and forgotten thresholds. Roots enter the city. Trees begin to walk. Traffic systems become botanical. Former cages … Continue reading Barcelona Is the Glyph
CGS: Toward a New Language Between Image and Literature
I see the Chimeric Glyphic System (CGS) not simply as a collection of symbols, nor as an invented alphabet, but as an attempt to create a new space between visual art and literature. My ambition is to develop it into a language in which an image can be read, a sentence can be seen, a … Continue reading CGS: Toward a New Language Between Image and Literature