maandag 15 november 2010
Eyelashes
Short artvideo, which was achieved by simple means and simplest technique,(Camera Phone)
It's about the view you get when you look through your eyelashes, looking at a landscape with a narrow view.
woensdag 3 november 2010
Sacred and Profane landscapes
Peru
On the pampa, south of the famous Nascadesert in Peru (from where you are overlooking the Nascadrwawings), archaeologists have discovered the lost city Cahuachi from the makers of the Nasca lines.
Cahuachi was the ceremonial centre of the Nascaculture, about one thousand years ago and mysteriously disappeared five hundred years later.
What archaeologists have found there in recent decades in the cemeteries, gives some insight into the culture of the Nasca people and the possible meaning behind the mysterious desert drawings .
The population who had their habitat, was probably quite small, but because it was a pilgrimage place it grew into a very large ceremonial centre where many events took place.
These ceremonial events involved the Nasca drawings .
Because of the dry climate (probably one of the driest places on earth), very little rain and wind, discoveries in the cemeteries are well conserved .
At these cemeteries several artefacts and ceramic objects are found decorated with religious motifs.
The discovered pots and cups, in which mythological and symbolic forms are processed, have great similarities with the motifs and symbols in the desert drawings.
This piece of ancient weaving technique, which the nascapeople had developed , gives a little insight (as if you look at a map), how the lines are made in the desert.
By Maarten Donders `` Traces in Time & Space``
On the pampa, south of the famous Nascadesert in Peru (from where you are overlooking the Nascadrwawings), archaeologists have discovered the lost city Cahuachi from the makers of the Nasca lines.
Cahuachi was the ceremonial centre of the Nascaculture, about one thousand years ago and mysteriously disappeared five hundred years later.
What archaeologists have found there in recent decades in the cemeteries, gives some insight into the culture of the Nasca people and the possible meaning behind the mysterious desert drawings .
The population who had their habitat, was probably quite small, but because it was a pilgrimage place it grew into a very large ceremonial centre where many events took place.
These ceremonial events involved the Nasca drawings .
Because of the dry climate (probably one of the driest places on earth), very little rain and wind, discoveries in the cemeteries are well conserved .
The discovered pots and cups, in which mythological and symbolic forms are processed, have great similarities with the motifs and symbols in the desert drawings.
This piece of ancient weaving technique, which the nascapeople had developed , gives a little insight (as if you look at a map), how the lines are made in the desert.
The lines of Nazca are the best preserved and largest gathering of world geoglyphs. Dozens of figures of animals, hundreds of geometric shapes and thousands of lines and line patterns are preserved in the sands of the desert and plateau of Peru.
Standing on the surface, the lines seem to disappear, but looking from the air towards it, the size and beauty of the lines becomes clear to see. This shows that the Peruvians had geometric knowledge at that time. Some believe that the Nazca Indians could fly or had contact with aliens. Others say that the lines are intended as expressions of religion: the different figures could also be a symbolic path to the gods.
By Maarten Donders `` Traces in Time & Space``
zondag 31 oktober 2010
At the Edge of the Wood..!?
Short artvideo, which was achieved by simple means ( Camera Phone) . A few short lines running through the video like, mysterious appearances at the edge of the forest, the overwhelming nature, myth, the earth, the sun, desert and water, climate change and deforestation within a surreal ambience..
dinsdag 12 oktober 2010
Landscape and Myth
The myth of the pristine landscape is now centuries old and has evolved through the poetry of Virgil and the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich to the conceptual art of the present.
Nature has always been a kind of escape area for people who turned away from industrialization and mass culture, we see this phenomenon ever since the romance.
Nature takes as it were the prominent place of God, man is now subject to nature.
Nature is the place where you can be alone with the exalted nature. In the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich you can sense the loneliness of a searching soul.
The paintings have a mystical charisma, there is a mood that you experience when you walk in the mountains, that feeling of peace and freedom is reflected in his paintings.
Land and Landscape, could be traced back to the romance.
The "landscape" has lost its innocence and will only expose itself as an ideological construction if we leave out industry, urbanization and traffic jams.
Through this elimination, the nostalgic landscape presents itself as the antithesis of the harsh urban reality.
Myths and rituals are something mysterious to us, because they are related to archaic and ancient cultures.
If you look concretely to the understanding of myth, it’s in fact a story about very basic things that are closely connected to life.
In a way, one can say that myths are not necessarily connected to history, because it can essentially occur at any moment at any time.
For science a myth is the opposite of rational science.
One myth says nothing about insight, says nothing about knowledge, it says something about lifestyle, which belongs to humanity from the beginning.
It arises from the base of humanity.
``Spiral Jetty`` Robert Smithson 1970
Modern artists want to go back to the source.
Land art has redesigned the feeling of the myth .
The trip from the gallery to the natural world is like entering a time, which is a fusion with nature and therefore it can reveal life, transience, memory and death.
By Maarten Donders `` Traces in Time & Space``
Nature has always been a kind of escape area for people who turned away from industrialization and mass culture, we see this phenomenon ever since the romance.
Nature takes as it were the prominent place of God, man is now subject to nature.
Nature is the place where you can be alone with the exalted nature. In the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich you can sense the loneliness of a searching soul.
Land and Landscape, could be traced back to the romance.
The "landscape" has lost its innocence and will only expose itself as an ideological construction if we leave out industry, urbanization and traffic jams.
Through this elimination, the nostalgic landscape presents itself as the antithesis of the harsh urban reality.
Myths and rituals are something mysterious to us, because they are related to archaic and ancient cultures.
If you look concretely to the understanding of myth, it’s in fact a story about very basic things that are closely connected to life.
In a way, one can say that myths are not necessarily connected to history, because it can essentially occur at any moment at any time.
For science a myth is the opposite of rational science.
One myth says nothing about insight, says nothing about knowledge, it says something about lifestyle, which belongs to humanity from the beginning.
It arises from the base of humanity.
Modern artists want to go back to the source.
Where transcendence and religion cease to exist, art has the ability to take over this role.
Modern artists look to classical forms to simultaneously retain its atmosphere and recover them, but also to use these elements into their own work.
It is not the content what is rehearsed, it is the gesture of the myth that is recreated.
The landscape has always been surrounded by a mystical undertone and connected with myths.
The trip from the gallery to the natural world is like entering a time, which is a fusion with nature and therefore it can reveal life, transience, memory and death.
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maandag 11 oktober 2010
zondag 10 oktober 2010
donderdag 23 september 2010
Circles & Labyrinths
A circle is probably the most important and widely used geometric symbol, which also owes its shape to the way sun and moon appear. According to the speculations of the Platonic and Neo Platonic philosophers, a circle is a perfect shape .
Looking at a circle, there is no beginning or end, nor a direction or orientation to read, and is therefore often proposed as heaven and all spiritual.
Looking at a circle, there is no beginning or end, nor a direction or orientation to read, and is therefore often proposed as heaven and all spiritual.
Concentric circles do also appear when something is thrown into the water. These shapes are often found in prehistoric tombs engraved, can probably be interpreted as sinking in the waters of death.
Labyrinths, what was the meaning for the people who really used it, drawing in the sand or carved in stone? In the beginning, labyrinths are associated with death. The inward movement often indicates the death outwards to regeneration. "Becomming reborn" and death are often compared to the microcosm of the earth and a macrocosm of the human anatomy. At death one returns to Earth, the mother, from were we eventually will be born again.
The presence of a labyrinth in cemeteries often has a ritual meaning, entering the earth.
The labyrinth is both the earth and the human body as a source of life.
The presence of a labyrinth in cemeteries often has a ritual meaning, entering the earth.
The labyrinth is both the earth and the human body as a source of life.
By Maarten Donders `` Traces in Time & Space``
zondag 22 augustus 2010
zaterdag 21 augustus 2010
donderdag 1 juli 2010
Maarten Donders & Rene Frik ” Making a sculpture “. 2:22 min.
Maarten Donders & Rene Frik ” Making a sculpture “. 2:22 min. from Maarten Donders on Vimeo.
A Sculpture for Doel, just below Antwerpen.
A little Abandoned Village.
maandag 28 juni 2010
zondag 27 juni 2010
Cosmic labyrinth
Ceramics
˝ The star suggests the universe of which man is part, the cup or urn are subtle references to the holy grail.
Man in his quest often keep hold on to, trying to find shelter or salvation in faith. With the sphere I refer to nutrition and thus growth, possibly sowing a seed which can germinate again to the birth of something new. A cycle without an end. . ``
vrijdag 25 juni 2010
The distance between Venus and Mars
`` The Distance Between Venus and Mars `` is a sculpture but also a suggestion of an ancient device that refers to the classical Gods in a sense. An interesting theme, which was very popular in the Renaissance for both artists and courtiers. This ancient device shows a timeline within a cosmic system . Astronomy and astrology where very popular during the Renaissance, even more the mythological love affairs between gods and mortals .
donderdag 24 juni 2010
The Bright blue
The streets
where I walk
are Changing colour
gray and purple
ochre and orange-brown
My shade
runs behind me
along as the day
passes
and the clouds
leave holes
For the bright blue that appears
What a contrast
against the bright white
as the day goes by
It`s all over..
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