BRIEF 03: THOMAS BUXÓ X JUUL HONDIUS

Description by Buxó

“This oversized newspaper is my reaction to the photographs of Juul Hondius (1970, NL). I asked Juul to send me a list of key words that he associated with his photographs. Randomly picked words were assembled by a software, which then generated sentences, closely following rules of syntax. ‘Confusion considers absence’ and ‘Some glossy traffics, perhaps’ are just some of the mysterious headlines resulting from the automated editorial process.” – Thomas Buxó

As he said there in the description, it is about an oversized newspaper focussed on the works of Juul Hondius. It is interesting the fact that he has been looking at automated editorial work but producing software generated sentences. But it works perfectly in how the type corresponds to whats on the page. Visually very engaging.

 Here is the work of Juul Hondius. The website is done with javascript I would imagine as it opens a new window and how it can quickly zip round to one thing or another depending on what you click on.   Simplistic, colour palette is effective, not letting any colour interfere with the work.

And here for example is one of the pieces of work featured in the work above, 'Bus'.