RÓBERT KÖTELES, Artist Catalogue, Published by ARAC in collaboration with Club ElectroPutere, 2016

Köteles Róbert in dialog with Adrian Bojenoiu, extract from RÓBERT KÖTELES, Artist Catalogue

AB – What was your solution to illustrate this vibrating image of the densities?

RK – At the time, I used ink and paper. Black ink and white paper are the two poles that gave the work its vibration, its pulsation. I wanted to somehow replicate the first starting point from which everything can be created, go to the roots that is to the seed – this is why I chose the white and the black. The first work was a hundred and twenty centimetres on eighty. I remember having worked at it for three days and, in the end, it seemed that the entire surface of the work was pulsating which gave me the experience of a discovery. It was monotonous and it seemed hard, difficult to contain, precisely because it was too vibrant, to… well, it required too much attention, focus etc. It was only after finishing that I realised that, when you look at the image, some areas are more highlighted,while others less. When blending black and white you get a field of very rich and different grays, and these differences were regarded as possible materialities. There were areas in the work where you got the feeling of fluidity, like when you see a small stream creating tiny ripples in its flow but, at the same time, in other parts of the work you sensed more toughness, a different type of matter which was obviously not a certain matter but it made me think of materialness. It felt interesting that I created this work that included such a multitude of possibilities or materialities. In that moment I sensed that I drew quite close to the seed, the root I was talking about.

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