1966/31 air poem

catalogue number: 1966.111.2
date created: 1966
classification: installations
work type: installation, drawing series, experiments with language
medium: 10 cards with words in red and black ink (with the help of a template) are connected by nylon wire in sets of 3 wires (3, 3 and 4 cards each) and should be hanged on the ceiling
the words in red ink are: 'whatever / the case / may be / we cannot / speak / without / subjecting / ourselves / to order/ and / classification' and in black ink: 'all poetry / originates / in play' (in black), 'playing / creates / order' (Johan Huizinga) and 'everything / is everywhere / but / the environment / selects' (Lourens Gerhard Marinus Baas Becking hypothesis, 1934)
dimensions: 10 f., 15 × 25 cm
signature and inscriptions: titled 'luchtgedicht', signed and dated/work number '1966/31' on the card with 'everything' (graphite pencil)
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