Alpha Series, Conatus - Limited Edition of 20 Print

Etching ink on Fine Art Paper Velin BFK Rives. (Arches paper mill). Printmaking, relief process. Original signed small limited edition by the artist. Art with a story: Conatus is a term used to refer to an innate inclination of a thing to continue to exist and enhance itself. “Unaquaeque res, quantum in se est, in suo esse perseverare conatur.” Each thing insofar as it is in itself, endeavours to persevere in its being. The conatus refer to the instinctual “will to live”. In Spinoza’s world-view, this principle is applicable to all things, and furthermore constitutes the very essence of objects, including the human mind and morals. Spinoza also uses the term conatus to refer to rudimentary concepts of inertia, conatus recendendi, or “tendency away from the center”, represents the centrifugal forces. Break the code! Ultrapulp Alpha series, an original limited edition printmaking on fine art paper, appropriates texts from sources such as corporate business, history, or through pop culture expressive language. It uses twist or unexpected intervals between words and letters to fracture meaning. Break the code, here the words are stacked up as black lettering, disrupting our ability to read them as a fluid sentence. Hand typesetting, printmaking. The artistic process of making the print forms, selecting and tearing the paper, inking the matrix, hand printing each individual piece, drying and signing each, is a very personal and tactile experience. When it comes to paper, the embossed impressions made in the paper by 540 pt letters blocks make a typical and unique relief.