m a m u t a k e

mamutake / ink on paper / 750 x 560 mm / 2018

From united to separated, a movement.
From separated to united, a movement.
Intuition just happens, without logical or deterministic thoughts, simply, in a completely natural way. It appears.

– What if I combined these two elements? –
(looking at -Maluma and Takete- 1929, Wolfgang Köhler).

Does Mamutake, a portmanteau of two words, represent the return to a pre-categorical dimension through graphic union? Does it show the existence of something prior to the separation? Does what already exists in the collective consciousness and which is now consciously revealed come back into existence?

Playing, investigating through doing, trying, using methods and procedures.

study on mamutake #1 / book (n.119 pages – ink on paper) / 365 x 280 mm / 2018

study on mamutake #2 / book (n.121 pages – ink on paper) / 365 x 280 mm / 2018

study on mamutake #3 / book (n.80 pages – ink on paper) / 223 x 142 mm / 2018

study on mamutake #4 / book (n.79 pages – ink on paper) / 255 x 149 mm / 2018

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