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TEXTS FROM SIGN, 1988-2018 (WIP)
various authors, 1988-2018

In June '23, we started going through the archive of Project space SIGN, looking for exhibition texts, artist bio's and other writings. We started a long-term project, in which we present curated collections per ~5 years. This collection is the first result of that. The texts collected underneath give an impression of the role of text in the early phases of this essential art space. Later, more chapters will follow, slowly going through the respective quinquennia.



CONTENTS:

1989 Thumbnail Zundapp uit '57, Jos Steenmeijer
Thumbnail "OOPS, UPSIDE YOUR HAT" (MEANDER-SHUFFLE), Marielle Oremus
Thumbnail Sporen in het landschap, Thea Kramer on Helmut Wams
1991 Thumbnail ALLES IS KLEUR, Milena Dabic
Thumbnail "No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.", Hanna Pierzyńska
1992 Thumbnail ZONNEWENDE, Jan Willem Jagers on Yoni de Groot
1993 Thumbnail Letter to SIGN, Mark Peters
Thumbnail "Zij wilde zo graag een Memphis-vloerkleedje.", Edgar & Lucia
Thumbnail Toelichting bij mijn werk, Paul Evenhuis
Thumbnail STATEMENTS, Machiel Braaksma
Thumbnail ZONDER TITEL, R. Som Djien Tan
1994 Thumbnail De reële illusie & Som der delen, Hans Koster
1995 Thumbnail Zonder Titel, Press Release on Rob van der Hoeven
1996 Thumbnail Vergankelijke Kunst, Heleen Haverman
1997 Thumbnail IDEALE TIJD, Gerard van de Horst
Thumbnail Hondjes, Josephine Scholten
1998 Thumbnail Wat is hier aan de hand?!, Bert Boomsma
Thumbnail Zonder Titel, Suzanne van Wylick
Thumbnail Zonder Titel, Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson
1999 Thumbnail Ordeningen en Invallen, Peter van der Weele
2011 Thumbnail Kind of Books, Petra Neurink
Thumbnail Thinking in Pictures, Robin Waart
2014 Thumbnail Het Boze Oog van Bart Nijstad [The Evil Eye of Bart Nijstad], Joost Pollmann
2017 Thumbnail Veenvormige Verhalen [peat-shaped stories], Ingeborg Entrop
2018 Thumbnail Timeline – In Loving Memory 2018 0.8°C, Nadine Rotem Stibbe & Ryan Cherewaty