Robbie Cornelissen

Robbie Cornelissen (1954) has a reputation for making gigantic drawings which, apart from their dimensions, are especially impressive because of their abundance of detail. In the libraries, cities or halls depicted by him man is absent; consequently, the architectural fantasy retains a certain neutrality so that the observer can wander round the rooms undisturbed. The library is a recurring theme in his work. Not only as a metaphor for the power of knowledge or a collective memory, but also as some kind of giant computer that seems to be developing into a living creature with organic forms. Over the last years Robbie Cornelissen pushes the boudaries of the medium by experimenting with computer aided design in animations as The Capacious Memory and The Labyrinth Runner or by having the audience participate in his work.

Submitted by Maurits van de Laar