Thirty-Three Blueprints for the Right not to Drown, 2023
Elaborating on my central claim (in the Ground Sea book) that each person should enjoy the fundamental Right to Be Reborn, this work of art introduces an equally fundamental right that is intimately connected to it − the Right not to Drown. This work consists of thirty-three cyanotypes that I hand-produced in the darkroom. Its images are based on negatives of three photographs that I took while sailing in the English Channel between 2018 and 2021. This installation literally embodies my concept of the weak image. It is to be combined with a partly self-illustrated text, written in the form of a letter to the fictitious Dutch art critic Remco van den Berg, and dated 23 April 2023. This letter was published in J. Stafford, H. Trüper, and B. Wolf, Moral Seascapes (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2024), pp. 229-246.
Published in J. Stafford, H. Trüper, and B. Wolf, Moral Seascapes (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2024), pp. 229-246.
Available via Open Access through Oapen.
Thirty-three cyanotypes on Canson Monval watercolor paper, each measuring 29 x 39 cm (framed dimensions: 35 x 45 cm, walnut frame).
Hilde Van Gelder, Thirty-Three Blueprints for the Right not to Drown 2, 2023. Part of a sequence of thirty-three numbered cyanotypes, hand-produced by the author, and each measuring 29 x 39 cm. From a Dialogue between Hilde VG and elso (09.2023). © Photo: Hilde Van Gelder Hilde Van Gelder, Thirty-Three Blueprints for the Right not to Drown 3, 2023. Part of a sequence of thirty-three numbered cyanotypes, hand-produced by the author, and each measuring 29 x 39 cm. From a Dialogue between Hilde VG and elso (09.2023). © Photo: Hilde Van Gelder Hilde Van Gelder, Thirty-Three Blueprints for the Right not to Drown 1, 2023. Part of a sequence of thirty-three numbered cyanotypes, hand-produced by the author, and each measuring 29 x 39 cm. From a Dialogue between Hilde VG and elso (09.2023). © Photo: Hilde Van Gelder
Published in J. Stafford, H. Trüper, and B. Wolf, Moral Seascapes (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2024), pp. 229-246.
Available via Open Access through Oapen.
Available via Open Access through Oapen.
Hilde Van Gelder, “Thirty-Three Blueprints for the Right not to Drown,”Includes a partly self-illustrated text written in the form of a letter to the fictitious Dutch art critic Remco van den Berg, dated 23 April 2023