Sybren de Boer

Sybren de Boer works with found objects, but not in the sense of ready-made. He uses the gathered objects as words or symbols in a kind of three-dimensional approach to Lettrism in which he replaces the letters of the alphabet with three-dimensional objects. The resulting installation is a phenomenological and semiotic combination of certain items and phenomena. The way in which the individual objects are ordered corresponds to sentence structure. The various found materials are ordered in a constellation; they are not randomly arranged, but may change quickly depending on the artist’s thought processes. The exhibit or installation thus takes on several prenatal forms, many of which are no less significant than the final presentation. They are the result of changes in the artist’s thoughts and feelings. This combining of various different ideas is supported by the search for stability (at least temporary and truthful) as a defining principle within a chaotic environment.
Edith Jeřábková