PASHMAK
A contribution to a show of Gino Saccone
8/11/2018 – 11/11/2018, Independent Brussels,
On invitation of Mieke Verschaijk Gallery.
I translated a few of Gino’s works into my medium, as a swift way to get to know him a little, as a reflex, using materials that were near. A first acquaintance which soon derailed into a dive into:
DRAGON’S BEARD, COTTON CANDY, PASHMAK, PIŞMANIYE, KKULTAREA, FAIRY FLOSS, BARBE À PAPA, ALGÓDON DE AZÚCAR, SUHKRUVATT, VATTACUKOR, GULALI, ZUCCHERO FILATO, WATAKASHI, ALGODÓN DULCE, SOCKERVADD, WATA CUKROWA, SPOOK ASEM
It ended at Dondurma, a Turkish ice cream with a stretchy stickiness and resistance to melting, brought about by inclusion of the thickening agents salep – a flour made from the root of the early-purple orchid (Orchis mascula), and mastic – an aromatic resin obtained from the mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus).
Gino Saccone, Rus in Urbe, 2018
Charlotte Koopman, Pashmak, 2018
Map Gino
Map Charlotte
Tail Gino
Tail Charlotte
Powers of two for the pulling of Pashmak
PIŞMANIYE