DESET! Is a card game presented during an Ondertussen exhibition in Stroom in 2021. The game had no rules to start with. The players created the rules which resulted in a different game every time. I observed the players and the way they dealt with a game without rules. I created a clear situation to observe rules, imagination and interaction.
The games that were played are now bundled in the artist’s book DESET!. The book is a research into rules; how to set them and how to let go of them. I’m interested in the creativity and social interaction that is involved in this process.
Book design: Jules Janssen
Riso printing and binding in collaboration with: Stencilwerck
Silkscreening of cover in collaboration with: Julian Sirre
Advice on writing: Flora Valeska Woudstra
Silkscreen on plastic sleeve at: Frans Masereel Centrum
Papers: Softy by Favini (cover) and IBO One (inside)
Type: Aperçu and Pin Dot both by Colophon Foundry
The book was launched in Billytown on the 4th of April 2024. The book is currently for sale in Billytown, Stroom, Boekenbar and Nieuwe Instituut (Nai boekverkopers) for €60,-. You can also buy the book from me directly, e-mail me!