Inhabited Hypercube

Daan Botlek Toot Yung Bangkok Chinatow Cho Why El Chiringuito food court Hub Sai Dek hypercube

First attempt of painting on canvas. To keep things simple I started with painting some old sketches/ideas. These images are usually seen as introspective (although it has never been my intention) so I decided to let all titles of this series start with an 'I'.

I chase the devil
100x120cm

I put a spell on you
100x120cm

I wanna be your dog
100x120cm

Cold Feet
150x200cm

One of the things I wanted to do during this residency is to try painting on canvas. So far I've never done this because of two main reasons.
1. My main subject is this basic human character, white with black outline. This is to have a strong contrast between the image and the environment. To have a 'sterile' image in 'murky' surroundings. But the canvas is clean as well, the contrast and tension are gone immediately.
2. Normally I try to make use of the surrounding area, it all becomes part of the painting. On a canvas there are no surroundings, the canvas is like a prison.
That idea of a prison became the startingpoint of this canvas painting. To create a box within the canvas. Finally a good reason to investigate paint and color.

Naakt Bloed
150x200cm

King of Snake
3 color screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Eggshell White 216 gsm
56x76cm, edition of 30

Six Sides of Gravity
3 color screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Eggshell White 216 gsm
56x76cm, edition of 30

Inhabited Hypercube
2 color silkscreen print of the flyer of the exhibition
Mohawk Superfine Eggshell White 216 gsm
66x17,5cm edition of 60

Touchdown
Installation, 3x10m.

Hypercube Habitat
Digital prints of drawings which I have shown earlier here on Behance.

Very hard to capture on film with all the light reflection.

The Hypercube Habitat series started as sketches for future canvasses, where the canvas is conceived as a box/confined space/prison. In every drawing a rectangular shape is added up, leading up to the 6 cubes of the hypercube.