Artists Co-operative
Dominique Beyens
Dominique is a Painter-Photographer-who visits India on a regular basis, born Belgium -1965-he has travelled extensively and currently lives in Ireland, |
After having invented a game thats an Alternative form of Chess (about Conflict-Resolution- decided to make Prototypes in different materials and applications.
during the process some Artforms that tickled his curiosity and imagination include Glass— Woodturning — Soft Marble Sculpting — Bronze Casting and Embossing —Colourdeying — Enameling — Embroidery and Miniaturepainting amongs others. |
Recently he has been making Handmade Rugs and Tapestries as another Prototype to show the workings of this game. Displayed at Festival_of_Worldcultures (Dun Loughaire- Ireland - 2004) It involved a whole hamlet(village) near the old city of Benares (Varanasi)(India)+ a plethora of other people.
All the wool (New Zealand pure virgin wool) was done to specification and put in the hands of a masterdeyer.
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for updates visit blog on http://colourchess.blogspot.com
At present he's funding this project trough the sale of his Photographs and Paintings that can be bought as Signed Prints.
A range of art rugs is also for sale
as are Limited Edition Pieces
Art collectors, aficionados interested or considering buying those ( carpets ) , or sponsoring future projects can contact him via e-mail info@theapplegallery.com
Current projects consist of
- different applications to those games
• illustration
• development of website
- To play the computer game click here (Beta version VCC1.01 with Java Applet )
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"Over the years i have been going to India in search of artists and craftpeople."
Loads of projects became dead ends, however some projects became very fruitfull and are still ongoing. Sourcing materials could involve several days of busses,trains,jeeps,rickshaws or just plain walking.
It also involved dealing with a total new set of rules regarding how things are done,
(practical matters, business, there's a festival a day in India, marriages, etc...)(Thanks Mr Real Mackay)
Unexpected situations are very common if not the thumb of rule, which.. of course... makes everything that little bit more exciting
To be short, i fell in love with the place and the people.
At present i am in the process of making similar chessgames with different materials and applications .
Carpets (please note:-- old photo's --more on the way with more carpets+limited editions)
commissions considered
e-mail info@theapplegallery.com
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