TEXT WORK (2008-2010)

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In this work I scoured many old newspapers for eye witness testimonies at various sites of disaster. The ones I chose were poetic passages that conjured up graphic images of their own. I have translated these to paper using punches on single sheets of white paper.

New York Times, July 18, 1996 (#1 from Text Work), 2008
punched 140 lb. SP Fabriano watercolor paper, 20 x 30 inches

Boston Globe, November 21, 1980 (#2 from Text Work), 2008
punched 140 lb. SP Fabriano watercolor paper, 20 x 30 inches

New York Times, March 26, 1911 (#3 from Text Work), 2008
punched 140 lb. SP Fabriano watercolor paper, 20 x 30 inches

Jack (eyewitness) (#4 from Text Work), 2008
punched 140 lb. SP Fabriano watercolor paper, 20 x 30 inches

Phil (eyewitness) (#5 from Text Work), 2008
punched 140 lb. SP Fabriano watercolor paper, 20 x 30 inches
Anonymous (eyewitness) (#6 from Text Work), 2008
punched 140 lb. SP Fabriano watercolor paper, 20 x 30 inches

CNN, February 28, 2001, (#7 from Text Work), 2008
punched 140 lb. SP Fabriano watercolor paper, 20 x 30 inches

Edwin (eyewitness) (#8 from Text Work), 2009
punched 156 lb. SP Arches watercolor paper, 28 x 42 inches

New York Times, Friday, April 7, 1989, (#9 from Text Work), 2009
punched 140 lb. SP Fabriano watercolor paper, 18 x 27

New York Times, Friday, April 7, 1989, (#9 from Text Work), 2009
punched 140 lb. SP Fabriano watercolor paper, 18 x 27 inches
private collection
Addy and Auke (eyewitnesses), (#10 from Text Work), 2010
punched 140 lb. SP Fabriano watercolor paper, 18 x 27 inches<br>private collection

De Peuter (eyewitness), (#11 from Text Work), 2010
punched 140 lb. SP Fabriano watercolor paper, 18 x 27 inches
private collection