>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.
EN>OI
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]
>CONTEXT
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.WEBP
>DANS.WEBP
>FIGUE.WEBP
>FOOT.WEBP
>LYNNWITHCATWITHCOW.WEBP
>POLISHINGSILVER.WEBP
>PROFIT.WEBP
>PURSE.WEBP
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>CACTUS VOOR KAARSEN [OBJECT]
>MINOS BOURLA [2 DIGITAL SCULPTURES]
>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]
>EXCHANGE LONDON [1 SCULPTURE]
>CONTEXT
EXCHANGE WAS A PENPAL-LIKE PROJECT CONNECTING THE PORT CITIES OF LONDON AND ANTWERP.
ARTISTS FROM BOTH CITIES WERE CONNECTED ONE-TO-ONE. WE WERE ASKED TO ASSEMBLE AND SEND THREE STATEMENTS TO OUR OPPOSITE AND MAKE A WORK OF ART BASED ON THE THREE STATEMENTS THEY SENT US.
I WAS CONNECTED WITH LONDON-BASED DR. JENNY WALDEN.
THESE WORKS WERE THEN SHOWN TOGETHER IN STOUR SPACE, LONDON.
THE FOLLOWING WAS JENNY'S PROMPT FOR ME:
BETWEEN THE EARLIER DRAFTING STAGES AND THE FINAL DRAFT OF SYLVIA PLATH'S COLLECTION OF POEMS, WHICH WERE PUBLISHED IN 1965, TWO YEARS AFTER HER DEATH, UNDER THE TITLE ARIEL, PLATH'S NOTES INDICATED THAT TWO SIGNIFICANT DISCARDS OF WORDS AND ONE ALTERATION HAD OCCURED
THESE FORM MY THREE 'STATEMENTS'
1 BRIGHT BEAST
2 BEAUTIFUL
3 QUIETNESS BECOMES SHUTTING UP
>MY RESPONSE [SCULPTURE]
BRIGHT BEASE
BEAUTIFUL
QUIETNESS SHUTTING UP
CUT AND LASER-ENGRAVED MARBLE 6 X 27 X 4CM
PRINT ON CUT GLASS 35 X 7CM
