The Epistolarium

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Comment by Guido Vermeulen on January 12, 2013 at 7:28am

Another doll collage:

Back to the future or the Antwerp city hall in 2014, A critic on the growing adoration of Flemish nationalism in Belgium. 

Comment by Guido Vermeulen on January 8, 2013 at 4:07am

Related to dolls:

Photo by Robert Carande, USA

WALL OF IDOLS ABOVE THE FIRE PLACE

Comment by Guido Vermeulen on January 8, 2013 at 3:07am

Looking forward to that Theresa, BTW I gave your personal email to Cheryl Penn, so she’ll contact you because wants to 2 part of Epistolarium 2. Had some heart 2 heart conversations with her. The fires are burning brightly in the night!

Comment by Guido Vermeulen on January 7, 2013 at 1:41am

Simic was introduced to me thru Stone, Basso and Chirot, the usual band of brothers! The books I mentioned are French and out of print, found them in accidentally in second hand shops, always great discoveries there!

Comment by Guido Vermeulen on January 5, 2013 at 6:41am

Could be I use more images from these books but I hate to destroy them, allez, right now I mean....

All things change, all things pass, all things alter, even books, zines and dolls

But the books are great, most doll books are boring, just pictures without any content or historical and cultural analysis, only a few, so we must treasure them!

Dolls can be disturbing! See the Chukie movies, love all of them, underground movies despite commercial aspirations, funny contradiction to reflect on!

Comment by taidgh on January 5, 2013 at 2:38am

Thanks Guido. The effect works wonders and it definitely gives it the 3D appearance. I think I'll have to have a go.

Comment by Guido Vermeulen on January 5, 2013 at 2:33am

3D effects in collages are possible by alteration between black/white and color and b/w again. See also my man of Delos collage. I did this by instinct but it was Janine who focussed on that, so now I am quite conscient about the trick, used it again in the doll collage, so no 3D, seems only 3D, LoL

Comment by taidgh on January 5, 2013 at 2:31am

I think this project calls for a barbecued barbie.

Comment by Guido Vermeulen on January 5, 2013 at 2:28am

I share my passion for dolls with Theresa.

Some great books:

Le grand livre de la poupée (Siloé editions Paris, 1978 but the book was printed in former East Germany, LoL)

Les Marionnettes (Bordas editions Paris, 1982, so on puppets but there is a chapter on from dolls to puppets, interrelated is obvious).

Be careful using dolls in art like the example of Hans Bellmer shows (the garbage man and tormentor of Unica Zurn, talked about that before, probably to DVS). I think he was a sick bastard. Came close to that once myself by stripping a barbie doll, painting the naked doll in gold and then covered her with swastikas and her arm in a Sieg Heil movement. I still can understand WHY I did this but 2day I would not do this again.

Comment by taidgh on January 5, 2013 at 2:02am

How do I say this without sounding incoherent? Let's see. Are the dolls just printed on or are they actually 3D with the cardboard and beads all added on (not printed)? I hope I make sense. I can't wait for the March publication. Is there anyway we can speed time up? :)

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