Artist´s book release [2015]
BARBARER SIMULERAR SAMSPRÅK
(Barbarians simulating conversation)Publisher: Styx förlag. Format: 210 x 287 mm, paperback, 140 pages.
Contents:
First part – 30 colour images by Niklas Nenzén, accompanied by texts from Dhmnpss Aeouy, John Andersson, Christian Andersson, Helena Boberg, Kenneth Cox, Christofer Dahlby, Karl Eklund, Kim Fagerstam, Merl Fluin, Mattias Forshage, Bill Howe, Robert Lindroth, C M Lundberg, Emma Lundenmark, Maja Lundgren, Matti Steiger Lundmark, Niklas Nenzén, Kristoffer Noheden, Gabriella Novak, Eva Kristina Olsson, Ika Österblad.
Second part – Three b/w comics; Jordens leende, Skuggan and En reserverad plats.
this is truly fantastic, especially with the title. it is the perfect representation of dreaming. the mythically-masked, the expression of the man twisting the dreamer’s sheets, the layers… over the audience, it’s all amazing, and is that a carousel coming into being in the top left corner?
also, in a completely bizarre coincidence, i am presently finishing up a stage–a toy theater–which also contains a flowered vine, a mermaid, and a feline (although my feline is, of course, blue).
The drawing was expanded from the upper stage scene, which I drew in a game where we collectively were trying to generate film scenes. Interesting coincidence that you arrived at similar elements for your toy theatre — so is there an archetypical theatrical stage(play) more or less like this one in the collective unconscious? In that case I´m curious to see your version of it soon!
archetypal? it’s a good question…i know where all the other elements came from, because they were directly linked to the rest of the painting, but actually the mermaid came out of nowhere.. so. maybe archetypal? or maybe you and your friends are insanely powerful. 😀