As part of the rounds of presentations that take place during the NIS university week, Hendrik Wittkopf introduced his work through a consideration of one of the main themes that preoccupies him in relation to painting; the layer. The presentation is introduced as an incomplete project that will be 'tightened up' through the comments and questions that arise while giving it, adding our reading to the preceeding ones.
layers - method
context Munich London
reduce layers zoom in
opens up the question of what goes on the surface and what constitutes a layer
what is inherited between layers
analytical
analysis of the technique of painting
self reflective object
each layer is a sign - originary - the sign as layer
unrelated layers
image
always in terms of the image
what makes an image
subject matter? do you have a lexicon of images?
academic exercise?
method - aspect
representational aspect
dialectical method is the practice of historical analysis?
collective indeterminacy
From Shahin Afrassiabi's notes.
