De ent, 2010
Artist Novel, 12.5 x 20 cm, 187 p, Language: Dutch, Publisher: Uitgeverij Contact, ISBN: 9789025435158.
©image: M HKA
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. B 2024/819).
Literary synopsis
An art student returns to her family home on the countryside in order to ask her father to participate in an art project. She experiences once more the gap between her new life and the way of life back there.
Relation of the novel to the artist’s practice
There are many works of Jannie Regnerus described within this novel, for example, Pennenzaaier: a project in which a farmer is sowing ballpoints in order to grow stories instead of potatoes. On the other hand, a number of Regnerus’ art projects stem from the novel, like Cloudman: an installation of a projection, a marble sculpture and text on the walls, coming from De ent (page 72).
Authorship: Artist Author.
Creative Strategy: Artworks Cite Novel.
Genre: Plain Fiction.
Publishing: Publishing House.
Media
>Cover 'de ent', 2005
>"The man who is sowing ballpoints in the field to grow stories". This work is mentioned in 'de ent' as the "pennenzaaier".
>"The man who is sowing ballpoints in the field to grow stories". This work is mentioned in 'de ent' as the "pennenzaaier".
Artist
> Jannie Regnerus.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE ARTWORK BECOMES A NOVEL?. M HKA, Antwerp, 07 December 2012 - 21 April 2013.
> Exhibition: Book Lovers 4.0 (Pop-up Bookstore). De Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam, 28 January 2014 - 02 February 2014.
> Exhibition: THE BOOK LOVERS - A Project about Artist Novels. The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, 25 January 2013 - 09 March 2013.
> Exhibition: The Preparation of the Novel (Book Lovers 5.0). Fabra i Coats - Centre d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, 18 July 2014 - 05 September 2014.
> Ensemble: The Artist's Novel.