>SUMMARY
BIRTHCHILD OF ARTIST CASPER FITZHUE AND I —
A MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER OffLINE ROLE PLAYING GAME
A STORY,
MANIFEST IN TWO BOOKS
THOUSANDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS
NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
NEWSLETTERS
AND TIME™LESS CONVERSATIONS
FOUR EXHIBITIONS,
TATTOOED.
A THREE-DAY PHOTOSHOOT WITH OVER THIRTY VOLUNTEERS,
ACTORS, DANCERS, MAKE-UP ARTISTS,
FASHION DESIGNERS,
AND FRIENDS.
VIDEO THEREOF
A MASSIVE COLLABORATION
AN EVENT IN THE &
>COW PRINCESS' BOOK [BOOK]
COW PRINCESS & THE SPACE-TIME WHERE WE RE-EVALUATE OUR FEELINGS
BY CASPER FITZHUE.
CASPER HAD INITIALLY WRITTEN A SAMPLE OF AN ABSURDIST FANTASY/SCIENCE-FICTION STORY THAT CATALYSED OUR COLLABORATION. IT WAS FLESHED OUT INTO ITS FULL SHORT STORY, COMPLIMENTED BY PHOTOGRAPHY AND DRAWINGS, DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT. IT FORMS THE CORE OF OUR COLLABORATION.
FIND THE FULL BOOK HERE.
>SPACE~BUCCANEER'S BOOK [BOOK]
A TOURIST'S MUSE & TALE FOR THE WÆVES
BY A SWASHBUCKLING SPACE∼BUCCANEER.
IS AN ANCILLARY BOOK WRITTEN TO COMPLIMENT AND EXPAND ON THE COW PRINCESS UNIVERSE CASPER FITZHUE CREATED. IT WAS WRITTEN AT THE END OF THE 18 MONTH PERIOD CASPER AND I WORKED ON THE PROJECT TOGETHER. IT FICTIONALISED THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THIS TIME AND PLACED THEM WITHIN THE FICTIONAL UNIVERSE ITSELF.
GET A SENSE OF THE PRINTED BOOK FROM THE IMAGES BELOW.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO READ THE FULL MUSE & TALE FOR FREE HERE.
>THE BUCCANEER FILES [8 DRAWINGS]
>CHARACTER CREATION [4 DRAWINGS]
>TAROT [2 DRAWINGS]
>MAP oƒ THE WÆVES [DRAWING]
A DIPTYCH PRINTED ON 1890 COTTON SEGOVIA ECO DEPICTING THE WÆVES
145CM ✕ 123.3CM
>RAW PAIN & SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL [DRAWING]
A COLLABORATIVE DIPTYCH PRINTED ON ALUMINIUM DIBOND
CONNECTING ILLUSTRATION AND PHOTOGRAPHY
100CM ✕ 50CM
>THE & OF IT ALL [VIDEO]
>INK IN TIME™ [PERFORMANCE]
A PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AT THE FINISSAGE OF OUR EXHIBITION INTER-WEAVING WÆVES @ GALLERY LOUIZA, ANTWERP. CASPER AND I TOOK TURNS READING A SNIPPET OUT OF OUR CORRESPONDING BOOKS. WHILE THE OTHER GOT AN IMAGE OF A MILK CARTON TATTOOED ON THEIR FOREARM BY TATTOO ARTIST WARREN MORIS.
>IN CLOSING
THE PROJECT LIVED THROUGH A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL NAMES DURING ITS EXISTENCE:
THE ADVENTURES OF A SWASHBUCKLING SPACE∼BUCCANEER SAILING THE MILKY WAVES OF SPACETIME & OTHER MOODY TINGS
- THE LAUNCH TITLE OF MY ENTRÉE INTO THE PROJECT.
THE & OF IT ALL
- THE TITLE OF OUR FIRST PUBLIC EXHIBITION @ EXTRA CITY, ANTWERP.
INTER-WEAVING WÆVES
- THE NAME OF OUR SECOND PUBLIC EXHIBITION @ GALLERY LOUIZA, ANTWERP
>□ [1 OBJECT & 1 PERFORMANCE]
>WHAT IS THIS?
FIRST OF THE ONGOING MASK SERIES.
A FRAME THAT'S FITTED ON THE HEAD. CARRYING A BLACK RECTANGULAR CLOTH WITH SEVERAL BEADS AND WIRES, IN WHITE AND BLACK. ATTACHED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT READS AS A FACE. PULLING THE BEADS AND WIRES ALLOWS THE EXPRESSION OF THE FACE TO BE MANIPULATED.
>MASK 1 [OBJECT]
6 COPPER TUBES, 2 ALUMINIUM TUBES, 1 ALUMINIUM WIRE, 6 ALUMINIUM LOOPS, 4 BRASS BLUNT NAILS, 2 PLASTIC O-RINGS, PAINT TAPE.
>BEGIJNENVEST 94 [PERFORMANCE]
>□□ [1 OBJECT & 1 PERFORMANCE]
>FUNCTION
SECOND OF THE ONGOING MASK SERIES.
CREATED AS A PERFORMATIVE PROP TO TOUR AND FILM VISUAL ARTIST DIRK VAN DER VIJGH'S EXPOS SEMI-ANONYMOUSLY WITH. THE MASK IS DESIGNED TO BE ASSEMBLED AND DISASSEMBLED BY MERELY SLIDING ITS PARTS INTO AND OUT OF EACHOTHER. NO GLUE, NO NUTS, NO BOLTS.
>MASK 2 [OBJECT]
4 COPPER TUBES, 1 STEEL WIRE, 3 ONE-SIDED MIRRORED GLASS SLABS, 2 POLYESTER STRAPS, ELECTRICAL WIRE.
>ISITED BY A TOURIST [PERFORMANCE]
>▓▒░ REQUIRED REQDING░▒ ▓‾̠̠̠̠̠̠̠̄| ॣ•͈̀๑)
BITMAP IS AN ONGOING SERIES OF DIGITAL DRAWINGS MADE UP OF SOLELY BLACK AND WHITE PIXELS. THERE'S NO SHADES, NO LAYERS AND NO EFFECTS.
THE COMPLETED DRAWINGS ARE SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSMUTED, THROUGH A PROCESS OF "MONNIKENWERK" (DONKEYWORK), INTO HTML CODE. PIXEL BY PIXEL IS THEN RENDERED DIRECTLY INTO YOUR BROWSER, AT THE MERCY OF CASCADING STYLE SHEETS!
BELOW ARE THE DRAWINGS, AS IMAGES.
TO VIEW THE FULL EFFECT, FOLLOW THE SHINY LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SECTION.
>BACK.HTML
>DANS.HTML
>FIGUE.HTML
>FOOT.HTML
>LYNNWITHCATWITHCOW.HTML
>POLISHINGSILVER.HTML
>PROFIT.HTML
>PURSE.HTML
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>SETUP
2 DIGITAL SCULPTURES CREATED AS THREE DIMENSIONAL VERSIONS OF LARGE PAPER CUT-OUTS BY ARTIST DIRK VAN DER VIJGH.
CREATED FOR ART INSTALLATION MINOS IN THEATRE BOURLASCHOUWBURG, ANTWERP.
>MAN [DIGITAL SCULPTURE]
>WOMAN [DIGITAL SCULPTURE]