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The blocks in the studio Atelier It Plein 19, Easterlittens, The Netherlands,

just before packing for Austria:

The piano music you hear is the piece 'Between the Mainland and the Western Isles' by Joseph John Visser played by Yurii Khomskii at the special BuchKunstBiennale XXI, 2012, Concert

 

The studio in Horn, Austria print sessions ongoing during the BuchKunstBiennale 2014; for an Austrian-radio interview on the former Biennale: Interviews during the BuchKunstBiennale

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(black and white picture by Kristina Sandulova)

The presentation in Vienna, as part of the BuchKunstBiennale 2014, in the Khomskii-Sandulova residence

 

Joseph J. Visser: Artist's-Books 2014
'SCOTCH PEBBLES'

- Woodblock prints on Scottish rivers and waterfalls -

 

'Scotch pebbles' are - in a more common sense - half precious (and even less precious when regarded 'very nice' gem stones) stones found in Scotland; more often - and seriously - Scotch Pebbles are varieties of agate and jasper.

 

The prints for the series -Scotch Pebbles- (making the artist's-book with the same name, which is also the name for the project that started years ago mainly with shorter series of piano and carillon compositions - some had their premières at the townhall in Dokkum and at the private concert room of the Tamboer family in Amsterdam, and during the 2012 BuchKunstBiennale XXI, Horn, Austria) have been printed as a one-off during the opening week for the BuchKunstBiennale XXII, Kunsthaus Horn 2014 (Österreich). These prints are hand-rubbed on Insho-Kozu (some 62x95 centimeters, hand made Chinese mulberry paper). These are in fact sketches on iconic Scotch rivers / waterfalls that cut directly in plywood in the early weeks of May 2014;
I have used water and oil based inks.

 

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Presented 29th of May 2014 at Währingerstraße 68, Top 17 - the Khomskii/Sandulova residence - Wien, Österreich, as an installation

as part of a concert of music by Joseph J. Visser; playing were Yurii Khomskii

and the composer;

encores were by Klara Khomskii on the piano and Marin Khomskii on the violin and Kristina Sandulova Piano

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Kristina and Joop caught in conversation & Joop reading from Milev's 'SEPTEMVRI'

 

 

All blocks were cut in a most direct way, be it in the studio from memory and with the help of sketches made whilst walking - sometimes years ago - when visiting the area on camping tours; the images were mirrored 'mind-ways'.

premières (piano pieces played by Yurii Khomskii and Kristina Sandulova)

 

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The blocks are in some sense the originals - as is so often in the graphic arts.