Project. Over the years, I’ve written reams of text for artists’ projects -- including book introductions, essays, articles, manifestos for display in galleries and explanatory copy for funding applications. This example is for Belgian Artist Karel De Mulder.
My Role. Copy.
My Role. Copy.
Introduction, License To Quote.
The Tibetans believe that everyone is our teacher. Licence To Quote extends this wisdom to delivery vans. And buses. And also scooters.
That’s because licence plates can be interpreted as life truths. “1-TTL-377” is “Try To Listen.” “DH-340-MH” becomes “Do Happy. Make Happy.”
There’s more: “Anomalies Are Accepted.” “Hope All Hopes.” “Stop Having” (ironically spotted on a lorry shipping consumer goods).
Whether simple inspiration or cryptic aphorism, each licence plate functions as a kind of wheeled Rorschach test, revealing the reader’s attitudes, biases and beliefs.
Simultaneously an unusual form of self-discovery, a means of remembering your licence plates, and an in-car game for bored/improbably insightful children, Licence To Quote uncovers the therapeutic possibilities of being stuck in traffic.
And remember: “1-TAT-875.”
“Take A Try.”
The Tibetans believe that everyone is our teacher. Licence To Quote extends this wisdom to delivery vans. And buses. And also scooters.
That’s because licence plates can be interpreted as life truths. “1-TTL-377” is “Try To Listen.” “DH-340-MH” becomes “Do Happy. Make Happy.”
There’s more: “Anomalies Are Accepted.” “Hope All Hopes.” “Stop Having” (ironically spotted on a lorry shipping consumer goods).
Whether simple inspiration or cryptic aphorism, each licence plate functions as a kind of wheeled Rorschach test, revealing the reader’s attitudes, biases and beliefs.
Simultaneously an unusual form of self-discovery, a means of remembering your licence plates, and an in-car game for bored/improbably insightful children, Licence To Quote uncovers the therapeutic possibilities of being stuck in traffic.
And remember: “1-TAT-875.”
“Take A Try.”