Encyclopedic Cartoons

The project's idea is based on the encyclopedia, knowledge pool of the 18th century put together in a multi volume book project. The encyclopedia aimes making world's phenomena understandable and put them into a larger context beyond religious explanations.

In our time knowledge is provided by sciencists and changes everyday. Today it would be impossible to bring together the different concepts in order to understand the world from a unique position. Nevertheless the encyclopedia is still a distinct concept, which more than in the old days presents an utopia to us.

Encyclopedic Cartoons provides for each letter of the alphabet a more or less abstract word. Loosely connected to the word is one or more films from different artists running from a few seconds to 4 minutes.

The Words:

A-ARCHITECTURE
B-BALLET
C-CHILDHOOD
D-DISGUST
E-EMINENT
F-FRUIT
G-GROWTH
H-HOSPITALITY
I-INFINITY
J-JOINT
K-KILL JOY
L-LEGS
M-MECHANICAL
N-NIGHT OUT
O-OLD
P-PARADISE
Q-QUILT
R-REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN
S-SUSTAINABILITY
T-TALK
U-UNCHAINED
V-VIOLENCE
W-WASTE
X-XENOPHOBIA
Y-YELP
Z-ZOOLOGY

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

András László Weil Fischer di Palotta, Ungarn/Niederlande
Beate Goerdes, Deutschland
Fancynot, Frankreich
Vienne Chan, Hongkong/Kanada
Elisabeth Eberle, Schweiz
Marty McCutcheon, USA
Alberto Guerreiro, Portugal
Kim Dotty Hachmann, Deutschland
Matthias Roth, Deutschland
Paul Rascheja, Polen/Deutschland
Debbie Douez, Kanada
Alison Williams, Südafrika
Joas Sebastian Nebe, Deutschland

For more informations about the project, pls. consult project's page www.artreview.com/group/enigmaticbook
Film samples available at www.youtube.com/enigmaticbook
Daily tweeds at www.twitter.com/JSNebe
More informations about the curator: www.jsnebe.de