Foundation Art and Public Space
client: SKOR
How much time in fact should one spend sorting things out? We fill drawers and cupboards, make maps, instructions, lists (of favourites), rules, laws, etc. Almost everyone loves systems. There are various reasons for this preference. Some people systematise in order to get a grip on life. So no disasters take place, so you don’t forget appointments. Mister Motley #6 is about ordering, lists and systems, in other words about everything.
#6 Mister Motley looks for a system
Systems represent a make-believe world of order that is meant to have a connection with the actual world. But this actual world is simply not always comprehensible and so we make more systems. Astronomers make models because there is no way to measure the length of the universe. Systems, lists and structures are also an expression of the desire to understand the world.
It’s been like this for years in science. Yet the results are often wiped out in favour of new conclusions, of research on the basis of a structure just a little bit different. After all, it remains the work of man. Job Koelewijn’s list of moments is the artist’s way of getting a grip on life - it has to do with moments of amazement, devotion, sympathy, willpower, irritation, boredom. etc.
Making lists is infectious and art presents you with many possibilities to be inspired. Milou van Ham collects swearwords and pet names and for his whole life Stanley Brouwn has been noting the number of footsteps he takes each day. Too many possibilities, too many systems, the world is too big and too complex to map.
And then again, order is there mainly to be disturbed.
