[spectre] scoll--40 years of visual narrive--by tjebbe van tijen

[Geert Lovink]

Scroll
40 years of visual narrative
Tjebbe van Tijen

OPENING  September 15 at 17.00 hrs

Mediamatic shows an overview of the beautiful layered image rolls/ 
scrolls of Tjebbe van Tijen.

Back in the sixties, Van Tijen took part in the development a method to 
use integrated images and text strips to document social and political 
realities. He would comment on events which would take place in his 
direct environment. To this day he uses panoramic horizontal scrolls 
and vertical banners in the tradition of the classic Greek/Roman and 
East Asian culture. These scrolls visualize complex and layered 
subjects in a comprehensive manner while maintaining their narrative 
structure. This in contrast to the often used computer presentation 
program Powerpoint which pushes the previous image out of sight with 
each change of slide.

This exhibition is about portraying the tremendous historic value and 
beauty of an oeuvre which has been in the making for decennia. The work 
does not only take the viewer on a journey down memory lane, but also 
opens a source of social, political and artistic subjects in our 
contemporary and dominant image culture.

http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-12226-en.html?lang=en

September 15  - October 22, 2006
Location: Mediamatic, Post CS Gebouw, ground floor, Amsterdam