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The Belgian artist, Baudouin Oosterlynck, describes himself as a musician or builder of musical environments. His installations often take the shape of dark containers, into ich the viewer/listener enters, providing a hermetic space for the reception of the accompanying sounds. This book, featuring Oosterlynck’s naive, child-like drawings, attempts to evoke the serenity and simplicity of his constructions. Features essays by the musicologist, Eric de Visscher, art historian Mimi Debruyn and commentaries by the artist on each project. Ref.1

These naive, child-like drawings, evoke the serenity and simplicity of a hermetic space. With commentaries by the artist on each project. Ref.2

Baudouin Oosterlynck (1943 Kortrijk Belgium) Internationally recognised as one of the pioneers of sound art, navigating between experimental music and the visual arts, Baudouin Oosterlynck has been seeking since the 1970s to interrupt the tumult of the world in order to reveal vibrations, frequencies or reverberations that were buried or hitherto ignored. Ref.3

Imschoot Uitgevers In 1987 publishing house Imschoot (Ghent- Belgium) started an exceptional series of artists’ books made by international artists (Giovanni Anselmo, Sol LeWitt, John Baldessari, Lawrence Weiner, Hanne Darboven, Robert Barry, Christian Boltanski, Dan Graham, a.o.). Ref.4
In addition to the regular softcover edition (500 to 1000 copies), a deluxe hardcover edition was also issued in a very limited edition, numbered and signed by the artists.
The publishing house ceased its activities in 2006.

References

• Ref.1: Imschoot, uitgevers Catalogue 1993-1994, Other publications, published on demand, and/or co-produced with galleries, museums, foundations or other institutions.
• Ref.2: Imschoot, uitgevers [2002] Catalogue
• Ref.3:mba.tournai.be
• Ref.4: Johan Pas (Een essay door -), Het kunstenaarsboek in België: de voorzet tot een geschiedenis, Kunstenpunt