writing — anpaenhuysen

I love things, which are short and light: eventualities, instant theory, Zwischenakte, espresso talks, in-between-moments, dimunitivi italiani, and finger exercises. In writing, I’m especially fond of picture haikus: a combination of an image and some words, but also of vignettes, taking minutes, and flash stories. Lately, I have been unfolding my writing practice with the leporello and by writing not on but with paper.

DIY-M.B.-Poem

On the occasion of Marcel Broodthaers’ 100th birthday on 28 January 2024, I made a limited series of a Do It Yourself M.B.-Poem. It was beautifully installed in the display of the Walther König Bookstore in Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum of Contemporary Art, Berlin, in the good company of Dieter Roth and Andy Warhol.

Try a Twombly

written together with Milos Zahradka Maiorana, based on our workshop at the Door Factory in Rome, which was an exercise in writing away from what writing is supposed to look like. Published as a limited artist edition by Multimondo Press, silkscreen cover, Rome, 2024

DIY-Sea-Poems

a multiple for Kunstkiosk44 on the topic of “breathless freedom”, written in paper-maché, Samso, Denmark, December 2023

Les Petits Déjeuners Littéraires

a series of zines available as literary breakfast at Cafe Monsieur Ibrahim, Kreuzberg: Improvements to the Italian Language, and Colour Poems in 2023 and a Coffee Talk, early 2024

Place of Weatherings + Villa Nr. 55

two booklets documenting an archive residency in 2 parts: Villa Nr. 55 is accompanied by a multiple of bookstands in paper-maché, that can also be seen as an embrace or as the garden walls of the villa.