(de)_TAGLIO MAGAZINE
andrei Cojocaru beamahan exo franz falckenhaus javier vazquez lord sheepdog
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rost (RWC) ruben b thomas spieler (TURM & RANG)
“The signs of time”
Sul tema. About the theme. Il tempo interviene sulla materia, la trasforma e lascia dei segni. E’ curioso e interessante notare come esso agisce in una sorta di processo creativo dettato dal caso. Apprezzarne i segni e le trame cosi uniche e irripetibili nella loro casualità. Il caso è amico del tempo, può considerarsi una forza creatrice che concorre a una bellezza involontaria che si aggiunge all’opera dell’uomo.
Time intervenes on materials, turns and leaves marks. It’s curious and interesting to notice how the time acts in a kind of creative process dictated by the case. Appreciate signs and plots so unique and unrepeatable in their randomness. The case is a friend of the time, it can be considered a creative force that contributes to an involuntary beauty that adds to the work of man.
Andrei Cojocaru
introduce yourself Hello, my name is Andrei Cojocaru. I was born in 1987 in Bucharest, Romania and I have been living in Paris, France since 2003. I work in advertising as an account executive but whenever I can I make collages. how long you make collages? I have started making collages in 2008 but I don’t even really remember how or why I started! I just discovered that I liked to create new images from already existing materials. where and how you draw ispiration for your works? I find inspiration everywhere, in music, films, in things I read, things I see in the street or on TV, thousands of images I see on the internet… We all absorb huge quantities of information everyday, some things stay in my head, they get mixed up, sometimes taken out of their original context, new connections are created. It’s the result of all of these transformations that I put on paper, elements that might seem random and look like they don’t belong together, but which form a beautiful new image.
speak about your collage of this issue’s magazine All of these collages are handmade. I work on the computer from time to time but 90% of my work is done by hand. I think this selection represents well some of my different styles: I cannot settle for only one style, and my work is greatly influenced by my mood, so sometimes the result is “clean” and simple, like in rock ten and the lakeshore series, other times it is more busy, more chaotic, like in tennis rose or four eyes. why did you choose to cummicate glue and cutter? The cutter and the glue are my favourite tools and it’s basically all I need – along with images to cut and glue, of course! I like working by hand, cutting out images from magazines and books, getting glue on my fingers… Also, the tools have an impact on the result of the work. For example a worn cutter blade makes less precise cuts, or sometimes I accidentally leave glue marks on the paper. I think these small imperfections give a human side to my work, it shows my personal involvement. I am not a machine, I am not perfect and my handmade creations reflect that.
Beamahan
introduce yourself My name is Beatriz. I’m from Chile but I live in Spain, Barcelona for a long time. I’m a graphic designer dedicated to printmaking and collage. how long you make collages? My first approach with collage was at university about 15 years ago in a very simple way when I did excersises about shape, color and balance. But I really get to experiment in a creative way whit it 3 years ago when I dedicate myself to my artist career. where and how you draw ispiration for your works? Paper itself is my inspiration. I have thousand of pieces of paper waiting to be part of a collage. I start a collage with random pieces, and papers are telling me what’s next. I focus a lot about composition, balance and contrast. I love materials, and I think they inspire me too. I like to show they as they are, as shapes and colors. Meaning is not the most important to me as it is a neat and strong composition. I think my work has a lot of intuition.
speak about your collage of this issue’s magazine I used pieces of papirum because they speak to me about ancient times and pieces of calendar to emphasize the idea of running time. As in many of my collage works, i finish my work with drawing lines, to unify all the parts of the work. I think it is also a powerful contrast between the diferent elements on the collage. why did you choose to cummicate glue and cutter? I love the accidents that happens when I’m making a collage and the constant changes that we can make on them. I feel myself fascinated by the sudden effects that I found through the process. This accidents generated I can incorporate them to the piece of art and suddenly the piece becomes alive to me. The mistery of not knowing exactly the result I am going to obtain makes me feel completely trapped by the process and materials. I also like the idea of enhance paper itself, as somehitng meninful and not only ephemera that we see everyday.
EXO
introduce yourself I since 2004 I do collage, basically since I started studying graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires. Currently I have twenty five years, and I have three subjects to graduate. I spend much time in front of the computer forwhich I find much inspiration (lately this was not working), I also like photography,old photo: analog. I hear a lot of music that inspires me enough or I did at the time,right now I am listening to the latest album “washed out�. While much contact with artists who do not have established collage, I have some friends through the internet that inspire me a lot and encourage me to continue creating. I hope that our contact will continue to grow and that your project will follow as well. I thank you for inviting me to participate in your post, I see at least one photograph of a specimen. Greetings.
Franz Falckenhaus
introduce yourself how long you make collages?
where and how you draw ispiration for your works?
speak about your collage of this issue’s magazine
why did you choose to cummicate glue and cutter?
Javier Vazquez
introduce yourself how long you make collages? where and how you draw ispiration for your works?
speak about your collage of this issue’s magazine
why did you choose to cummicate glue and cutter?
Lord sheepdog
introduce yourself My name is Mehmet Gemalmaz A.K.A Lord Spyke Sheepdog. I live in İstanbul Turkey .I was born in Germany 1978. how long you make collages? I really dont remember, I think its seven years. where and how you draw ispiration for your works? Many of my works are experimental but i like to use graphic design and typography in my works speak about your collage of this issue’s magazine ... why did you choose to cummicate glue and cutter? It makes me feels good and its makes me relax.
Rost (RWC)
introduce yourself
how long you make collages?
Primarily I source ‘visual ingredients’ and create a huge sample bank from which I can select and re-appropriate images within my artwork. When compiled and collaged together all these elements create complex layered compositions. Most of my work deals with the equally complex subjects of love, memory and the coming of age. The theme of ‘Sign of The Times’ instantly reminded me of the Prince song of the same name. The images I have used from my sample bank have, to some degree, been influenced by the lyrics of the song.
I have been making collages since 1999 as a way to organise research material for other creative projects.
why did you choose to cummicate glue and cutter?
where and how you draw ispiration for your works?
Collage offers a quick and effective way to illustrate my intended message by using easily recognisable reference points. For me, it is not enough to merely re-present the imagery around me, I have to instil some sense of my own subjectivity, or at least interweave it with my own life experiences and the world I see. Collage also informs and acts as a research for larger mixed media paintings.
I produce artwork under the pseudonym ‘Rost’ or ‘Rostone’. I like collecting old records, making collages and travelling. I am the founding member of the Readerswives Collective, a group of young creatives working in many different areas, including fine art, film, music and design. I am based in Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK but have exhibited Internationally.
My influences and inspirations are vast and varied; I’m equally inspired by electronic music producers as I am visual artists. The imagery I collect and hunt for often shapes the work I produce. I’m interested in narrative and telling stories, and so writers and film-makers are often a big inspiration too. speak about your collage of this issue’s magazine
Ruben b
introduce yourself RubĂŠn B, 1975, Bilbao, former architect, now a visual artist and beekeeper. I use current images from free magazines or catalogs and work on a new way from mine, the one-cut collage. I am also the creator of THE WEIRD INTERNATIONAL COLLAGE SHOW and co-founder of THE WEIRD SHOW, a platform to collage events, books and blog. how long you make collages? Since 2000, I think, in a zine I created in the Architecture School. where and how you draw ispiration for your works? Everywhere, ideas come when having a coffee with Elena or having a walk gathering for some mushrooms in the wilds, but not always, of course, I am not always linking what I see with what I could do with some paper. I am not that nuts.
speak about your collage of this issue’s magazine Not a one-cut one. It has been done as most of my collages. Going through the pages of a newspaper I found an add with a couple of old people. I saw then the possibilities of the shapes and textures and went for them. What I got: a triptych called IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH I STILL LOVE YOU. why did you choose to cummicate glue and cutter? At first time it was easier and faster than drawing, and allowed me to do quick visual jokes. Then I learned to make figurative things with separate parts, which was cool and everybody liked. After that came the beauty of the details and layers, which made you almost an artist. Now I am more into the simplicity of forms and cut just to express a feeling, a blink; same thing that I can do with a doodle on my notebook, collage is there when I have scissors and a magazine.
Thomas Spieler TURM & RANG
introduce yourself My name is Thomas Spieler, born 1989 in Germany and still living and working here. Currently I’m studying philosophy and hanging around a lot at the art academy. how long you make collages? I’m started doing collages consequently maybe a year ago or just half a year but It became a passionate thing for me. where and how you draw ispiration for your works? To be honest, I’m quite not sure, but I always try to handle every day life and therefore I get it out of a conversation, a book, music or just out of the surrounding situations of life. speak about your collage of this issue’s magazine I’ve chosen this one because it’s one of my personal favorites. It’s about how feudal goods catches us in modern times
but also about escaping from this system and trying not to involve these things in your own personality. why did you choose to cummicate glue and cutter? For me it’s really important that I know that something really exist. It’s all about being real and authentic. If it would just be a file, it couldn’t handle these things. Thanks.
Manifesto. 17-07-2015 Ermanno Cavaliere
Soffermarsi sulla banalità può essere interessante per la scoperta di un nuovo senso intrinseco alle cose. La banalità è quando nel quotidiano elementi ed oggetti perdono significato, di spessore, per l’abitudine. Dunque una ricerca dell’invisibile. Gli occhi possono trasformare la realtà e guardare oltre le superfici. Un frammento di carta decontestualizzato può assumere una nuova vita, in un nuovo scenario espressivo e comunicativo, dove il singolo genera il tutto e il tutto è espressione di una nuova conversazione tra gli elementi. Il frammento decontestualizzato riafferma la sua identità (da invisibile a visibile) e nella conversazione con altre forme, colori, genera nell’insieme una nuova idea, un nuovo concetto. L’accostamento tra singoli elementi provoca una tensione, ma anche una nuova empatia, che conversando nella diversità, raggiungono una nuova identità. Il collage è occasione per far rivivere e riscoprire la singolarità del quotidiano. Si gioca con la potenza visiva dell’elemento singolo e con la forza dell’insieme. In questo arcipelago di pezzi, il caso genera un quadro di conversazioni in cui i segni del tempo sono gli elementi espressivi. In questo gioco il caso è il pendolo che scandisce il tempo.
Focusing on banality can lead to the discovery of a new intrinsic meaning of things. Banality is when everyday elements and objects lose their meaning and their depth because of habit. So, it’s a search for the invisible. Our eyes can transform reality and look beyond the surface appearance. A decontextualized fragment of paper can take on a new life, in a new expressive and communicative scenario, where a single element generates the whole and the whole is an expression of a new conversation between elements. The decontextualized fragment reaffirms its identity (from invisible to visible) and in conversation with other shapes and colors, it generates a new idea, a new concept. The juxtaposition of single elements causes a tension, but also a new empathy: this conversation within diversity creates a new identity. Collage is an opportunity to revive and rediscover the uniqueness of everyday things. It’s about playing with the visual power of the single element and with the strength of the whole. In this archipelago of pieces, chance creates a scenario of conversations in which signs of time are the expressive elements. In this game, chance is the pendulum that beats time.
Marguerite Yourcenar 1903 - 1987
Un progetto di 速Ermanno Cavaliere (goge) 2012, 2015
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