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Two Rooms, Annabelle Binnerts

Annabelle Binnerts is showing a new iteration of “Two Rooms” as part of the exhibition “Reading Characters” at Billytown (The Hague, NL). “Two Rooms” is a series of murals that play with the two-fold nature of words and sentences. They invite their reader to recognise that a written word is a mediating object: bridging the gap between the painted letters on the wall, and the image they evoke.

In 2023 we published an earlier iteration of the series. The publication is approached as a building in which words serve as pointers to elsewhere. Annabelle Binnerts places her site-specific spatial approach to language ‘back’ onto the page.

About the exhibition at Billytown:
“Reading Characters” is a project that examines language and reading, specifically focusing on typography. Each participating artist departed from the central theme of typography: the form or the origin of language and letters and how people communicate with each other. From there, they all moved in different directions: from dancing interpunction to a magician’s hand, a mother tongue, a heart-shaped guardrail, and a book that has never been read. Collectively, this exhibition aims to achieve a playful interplay between word, context, and material, an examination of what a word or character can be, and by doing so, widening our understanding of narration and communication.

Participating artists: Clara Amaral, Jelena Vanoverbeek, Annelies Kamen, Hilde Onis, Ode de Kort, Puck Kroon, Eva van Bemmelen and Annabelle Binnerts.

Co-organized by Eva van Bemmelen and Annabelle Binnert

On show until June 14, 2025

Throwback to the book launch of Pointing At Things Is The New Writing by Jeannette Slütter at Page Not Found! 📚

We celebrated the release of the third and final chapter of this publication series, exploring the evolving concept of oeuvre through a dialogue between Jeannette and fellow artists. From Francesca Hawker to Anouk van Klaveren, Zoë Dankert, Cara Farnan, Zoë Tim Hollander, Dewi Bekker, and Alicja Melzacka, the conversations and monologues have shaped an ongoing reflection on what defines an artistic journey.
During the event, Jeannette took us on a performative guided tour, unraveling the creative process, design choices, and the publishing decisions that brought this series to life. It was a deep dive into the layers of the project, offering new insights into the idea of oeuvre and its ever-changing nature.

Thank you to everyone who joined and made this evening unforgettable.

📸: Book launch at Page Not Found, by Jeannette Slütter.

Published by Unformed Informed (Publishing), design by Ruben Verkuylen. Made possible by Stroom Den Haag and Stichting Stokroos.