‘How to play with serious matter?’ 2026
Medieval readers of manuscripts were used of seeing a holy image, like a crucifixion of Jezus, combined with weird, often bawdy images in the margins. I, Liza, re-drew these margin-images, marginalia, from many handwritten medieval books to get them out of the archives. Marginalia do something special: they comment without undermining, celebrate co-existence in a humorous way, and bounce with the main topic. In the long run I wish to apply marginalia more and more in the here and now, since I’m convinced they have an important message to offer to us. I’ve explored this potential of the marginalia in conversations in the Podcast (in Dutch): ‘Vreemde figuren in de kantlijn’.
By addressing the things we humans cannot understand in a playful manner, we might develop a different attitude toward our wish to control, without losing sight of the serious matter that happens around us.
Podcast 'Vreemde Figuren in de Kantlijn'
Go directly to link on soundcloud:
https://on.soundcloud.com/PgojlcYoUo6dI4L5mB
