Fake Calligraphy is a sculpture inspired by the calligraphic batik, Batik Besurek, a tradition from Bengkulu (Indonesia). Batik Besurek, originally conceived by Indonesian Muslims, is derived from the Arab script but the signs are not always readable as such. The Fake Calligraphy sculpture presented at WIELS is inspired by those calligraphic batiks that are playing with the aesthetics of a written language abstracted from its original meaning. The sculpture is made as such that it can be activated, reminiscent of a workshop, where it serves as an environment to create a new interpretation of calligraphic batiks. In this sculpture different stages of batik production such as creating a design, transferring it in wax on texte and dying with natural dyes are used as a means of communication that goes beyond language barriers. Fake Calligraphy aims to be a platform for exchange of speech, body language and the sharing of different cultural knowledge in an artistic and social context.
You are invited to participate in the various production phases of Fake Calligraphy batiks. The third and last workshop will take place from the 14 to the 16 December. Please register by mail for one or two sessions of 1h45 each.
Thursday 14.12.2017
☐ 14:00 - 15:45
☐ 16:00 - 17:45
Friday 15.12.2017
☐ 11:00 - 12:45
☐ 14:00 - 15:45
☐ 16:00 - 17:45
Saturday 16.12.2017
☐ 11:00 - 12:45
Register here: eloi.boucher@wiels.org
Fake Calligraphy
Workshops
Dimensions variable (1 frame is 230 x 170 x 2,5 cm).
Batik with natural dyes on cotton, aluminium, stainless steel, Mortar boxes.
In the framework of Something Stronger Than Me*
13.10 - 15.10.2017
16.11 - 18.11.2017
14.12 - 16.12.2017