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    C_tvN01, 2021, pencil on paper (detail)

    The drawings I make are based on the principle of self-organisation. A term derived from network theory. Intuitively I have found a procedure in which the process of drawing is self-organising. When I first made this kind of drawings, I knew little about phenomena such as self-organisation, complexity or emergence. That changed four years ago, when I started reading scientific literature about these topics in preparation for two residencies. Also because of conversations I had with philosopher Eric Schliesser about self-regulation and a lecture by physicist Erik Verlinde about emergence, I understood that an emergent phenomenon occurs during my drawing process. From that moment on I started to delve into this subject. It has led to a turnaround in my work, in which processes with emergent properties are now central.

     

    Emergence means: appearing spontaneously. Emergence occurs when an entity is observed to have properties its parts do not have on their own, properties or behaviours which emerge only when the parts interact. It is a phenomenon that occurs frequently in nature. For example, a flock of birds in the sky showing the most fantastic shapes, a colony of ants collectively creating the most stunning building structures, or thousands of fireflies that blink in perfect synchronisation. This is swarming behaviour which is not much different from how atoms and small particles collectively behave. Colour, for example, is also an emergent phenomenon: atoms have no colour, colour only appears when a large number of atoms are in a certain arrangement. Culture can also be regarded as an emergent phenomenon, just like artificial intelligence, to name a few examples. By reading science books on physics and biology among others, I try to understand how emergent processes work, in order to be able to feel how everything is connected; how countless elements in a hidden order form reality; how chance and increasing complexity can lead to complex adaptive systems which lead to new phenomena, such as life and consciousness.

     

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    DI_Ls01, 2022, 35x25cm, digital inversion printed on Hahnemuhle Ultra Matt paper, edition 5+2AP

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    DI_Ls07, 2022, 35x25cm, digital inversion printed on Hahnemuhle Ultra Matt paper, edition 5+2AP

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    Harm van den Berg - drawings - galerie Sanaa
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    Installation view The Invisibility of Colour, 2023 at galerie SANAA, Utrecht, NL

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    C_tvL02, 2021, Potlood op papier, 63x47cm

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    C_tvL02 (detail)

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    Drawings at Art Noord IV, Museum Belvédère (06.10.22 - 09.10.22)

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    C_tvB01, 2021, Potlood op papier, 63x47cm
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    Cvl_02, 2022, pencil on paper, 63x47cm

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    Drawings at Punt WG, Amsterdam (21.12.21 - 09.01.22)

    group show with Marieke Zwart, Jasper Coppes, Tao G. Vrhovec Sambolec

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    Digital inversion of Untitled, 2017, 77 x 53,5 cm, piezo Print on Hahnemuhle Ultra Matt paper, 2021

     

     

     

    A digital inverted version of drawing Untitled (2017) features now on the cover of Eric Schliesser's new book Newton's Metaphysics: Essays (2021), published by Oxford University Press.

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    Geestdrift festival, Pieterskerk, Utrecht

     

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    CLS01, 2018, 100 x 70cm, pencil on paper  (private collection)
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    CL01, 2018, 35x25cm,  pencil on paper - private collection
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    L01, 2019, 35x25cm, pencil on paper - private collection
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    L01, detail
    CLL03, 2019, 35x25cm, pencil on paper - private collection
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    TV_01
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    CCL01
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    Installation view of new drawings at Kunstrai 2021

     

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    Installation view Drie Musketiers at Galerie Sanaa, 2020, with Roland Sohier and Uli Kürner

     

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    A short introduction to the drawing process. The drawings consist of minuscule shapes and forms. During the drawing process new forms emerge.

    Installation view Emerge at Galerie Getekend, 2019

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    Installation view Emerge at Galerie Getekend, 2019
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    Installation view Emerge at Galerie Getekend, 2019
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    Publication Emerge 2019/2020

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    Tekst van Len Borgdorff in het literaire tijdschrift LITER

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    Drawings at Liter magazine

     

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Harm van den Berg © 2023

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