Nold Egenter's Page

Hometown:

Zurich/ Lausanne

Country:

Switzerland

About Me:

I am reconstructing an evolution of human culture based on Neolithic village aesthetics: the whole world becomes one. The concept is based on research of what Christian missionaries in all four corners of the world called 'fetish', a central element of what they thought was "primitive religion". It was not religion, but "territorial semiotics" paired with "spatial aesthetics" and local "social hierarchies" the latter being focussed on the village founder and his local hegemony. The archaeologists with their 'stony brains' have never discovered this eternal law of neolithic farmers: using their hands as the first tool they made forms with fibrous materials using binding as the first technique and then - when materials again were freshly grown - they simply reproduced the form with new materials! Aesthetics remained, because they were - from the beginning - self producing (not conceived by humans), but finally discovered and imitated! Form traditions: thousands of years! A phantastic thing! You suddenly understand the whole world as a work of art!
See 4 videos: 'Youtube', search 'negenter'
See homepage: Google 'negenter', click 'IMPLOSION' (about 70 papers)

Are You artist?

yes

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?

Drawing, Painting, Photography, Other

Member type

Artist, Photographer, Illustrator, Critic, Other

How would you describe your style of art?

Anthropologist of Art: Trying to understand the deeper roots and meanings of arts in the framework of cultural anthropology. Do not call me a scientist: art is irrational!
See my book on 100 villages in Japan: 'Semantic and Symbolic Architecture' (Architectural Anthropology) Structura Mundi Lausanne CH

Describe your most recent work:

Lots of sketches, small paintings, collages...

How do you decide on your subject matter?

Flash!

Website:

http://home.worldcom.ch/negenter

Your Ning Network:

http://www.myarchn.com/

Which language do You speak?

German, English, French, Italian, Japanese

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