BOOOP
In Old English, play comes from ple(i)an which means a ‘brisk movement’. In this sense, play is a human behaviour creating new experiences. It is also related to the word pleien in Middle Dutch, which refers to a ‘leap of joy’ in an engagement to unserious enjoyment or activities without practical purposes.
Play is at the core of the creative process and does not need to lead to results. Booop is a tiny book embracing and displaying what adults gained from reconnecting with their child’s mind. The future is fun, exciting and scary, but wouldn’t it be easier with some magical and extraordinary elements? These hundred-year-old predictions are all about the future from this angle. The imagination of a child inside an amusing, playful and easy to use booop is no longer about the representation and perception one can have of the word play, it is about the experience of a ‘brisk movement’ in time. There is no more beginning and end in this playful world. The audience is thus lost in this imaginary playfulness where dreams are the essence of everything.
3 ¾ x 4 1/2", 2012 Linen Paper