Zoetropic Sympoiesis
2024
poster design
illustration
floor plan / flyer design
Tools/Techniques
Floor Plan Design
RISO printing
Poster
handmade paper
moss, grass
neon thread
flatbed printing
Links
︎︎︎ Exhibition Description, WORM
My Role
Designing the floor plan
Participant in the exhibition
Part of the curation team
Description
WHAT
︎︎︎ “Zoetropic Sympoiesis” was an exhibition, organized in WORM, Rotterdam, where I took place with a series of posters, designed after an observation in the Kralingse Bos, Rotterdam.
︎︎︎ Besides the posters, I designed and RISO printed the exhbition floorplan + stickers.
WHY
︎︎︎ Inspired by one of my walks in Kralingse Bos and the
aftermath of a fierce storm, the project was born. Commenting on the growing distance between man and nature, the work follows a
poetic narrative. Humans’ great concern is how to remain productive; They think
they are what they produce. Trees’ great concern is how to escape being a
product; They are what is being produced.
HOW
︎︎︎ Entangling handmade paper,
ink and words, I transformed a day of observations into a printed installation. The handmade paper contains plants from the very same forest the project is about. The paper I sew together to create 3 A2 size paper panels on which I printed with a flatbed printer my observations.
︎︎︎ Along with the posters I included ceramic frames I made with a picture of the forest after the storm and an illustration, summarizing the key points in my observation-essay.
