{"id":172,"name":"","email":"kaat.vannieuwenhuyse@muhka.be","language_id":1,"permalink":"guy-rombouts","deleted":false,"legal_status_id":47,"url_1":"http://www.azart.be","twitter":null,"category_id":47,"date_of_birth":"1949-01-01T00:00:00.000+01:00","place_of_birth":null,"country_of_birth":null,"place_of_residence":null,"country_of_residence":null,"cached_privileges_list":"User","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"can_log_in":false,"firstname":"Guy","lastname":"Rombouts","annotation":"","url_2":"","url_3":"","cached_name":"Guy Rombouts","date_of_death":null,"cached_name_asc":"Rombouts, Guy","stream_count_app":152,"gender":"male","platform_admin":null,"description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/001/306/large/Guy%20Rombouts,%20Period,%20%202011%20clinckx%20_6_4_35.jpg?1305276712","poster_credits":"©image: M HKA","media_count":4,"items_count":15,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuy Rombouts\u003c/b\u003e (\u0026deg;1949) receives an education as a printer/typographer, and since the seventies he has been working on alternative communications systems. For various reasons, Rombouts questions our current communication systems.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe father of Rombouts was a typographer and printer in Geel. He also was the publisher of the local newspaper \u003ci\u003eHet Nieuwsblad van\u003c/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeel\u003c/i\u003e. Printer\u0026#39;s type is therefore one of Rombouts\u0026rsquo; earliest everyday experiences. Rombouts first studies typography, but later, in part inspired by the exhibition program during the seventies of the Wide White Space Gallery in Antwerp, he decides to become a sculptor.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAccording to Rombouts, direct communication is not possible via our language and, as a consequence, some feelings simply cannot be put into words. That is why as of 1979 he searches for systems, in which form and content interact as much as possible. He and his partner, Monica Droste (1958-1998), develop an alphabet with the name AZART. In the alphabet words take on forms. AZART refers to AZ-Art, as in art from A to Z, but also to the French term \u003ci\u003ehasard\u003c/i\u003e, which means as much as coincidence. Each letter corresponds to a line that has a predetermined name. Every letter of the alphabet also gets its own colour, which corresponds with the first letter of that colour.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAlongside the AZART alphabet, Rombouts continues to develop new alphabets of colours, foodstuffs and other materials or immaterial phenomena, always connecting his sense of language and material.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuy Rombouts\u003c/b\u003e (\u0026deg;1949) is opgeleid als drukker-typograaf en werkt sinds de jaren zeventig aan alternatieve communicatiesystemen. Rombouts stelt ons huidig communicatiesysteem om verschillende redenen in vraag.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDe vader van Rombouts was typograaf en drukker in Geel \u0026eacute;n de uitgever van de lokale krant \u003ci\u003eHet Nieuwsblad van\u003c/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeel\u003c/i\u003e. Drukletters zijn dan ook een deel van de vroegste alledaagse ervaring van de kunstenaar. Rombouts studeert eerst typografie maar besluit later, onder meer ge\u0026iuml;nspireerd door het programma van de Wide White Space Gallery in Antwerpen, om beeldhouwer te worden.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eVolgens Rombouts is er via onze taal geen directe communicatie mogelijk en bijgevolg kunnen sommige gevoelens niet verwoord worden. Daarom gaat hij vanaf 1979 op zoek naar systemen waarbinnen vorm en inhoud zo veel mogelijk kunnen samenvallen. In 1986 leggen hij en zijn levensgezellin en artistiek partner Monica Droste (1958-1998) de laatste hand aan een alfabet waarbij woorden letterlijk terug gestalte kunnen aannemen. Het krijgt de naam AZART, wat verwijst naar AZ-Art, de kunst van A tot Z, maar ook naar de Franse term \u003ci\u003ehasard\u003c/i\u003e, die toeval betekent. Elke letter correspondeert met een lijn met een welbepaalde naam. Elk letterteken krijgt ook een eigen kleur die overeenkomt met de eerste letter van die kleur.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eNaast het AZART ontwikkelt Rombouts nog steeds nieuwe alfabetten van kleuren, levensmiddelen en andere materi\u0026euml;le of immateri\u0026euml;le verschijnselen en verbindt hij zo steeds weer zijn taal- en zijn materiegevoeligheid.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u0026Omicron; \u003cb\u003e\u0026Gamma;\u0026kappa;\u0026iota; \u0026Rho;ό\u0026mu;\u0026pi;\u0026alpha;\u0026omicron;\u0026upsilon;\u0026tau;\u0026sigmaf;\u003c/b\u003e \u0026gamma;\u0026epsilon;\u0026nu;\u0026nu;ή\u0026theta;\u0026eta;\u0026kappa;\u0026epsilon; 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\u0026Beta;\u0026epsilon;\u0026lambda;\u0026gamma;ί\u0026omicron;\u0026upsilon; \u0026Kappa;έ\u0026mu;\u0026pi;\u0026epsilon;\u0026nu;, \u0026kappa;\u0026alpha;\u0026theta;ώ\u0026sigmaf; \u0026kappa;\u0026alpha;\u0026iota; \u0026epsilon;\u0026kappa;\u0026delta;ό\u0026tau;\u0026eta;\u0026sigmaf; \u0026tau;\u0026eta;\u0026sigmaf; \u0026tau;\u0026omicron;\u0026pi;\u0026iota;\u0026kappa;ή\u0026sigmaf; \u0026epsilon;\u0026phi;\u0026eta;\u0026mu;\u0026epsilon;\u0026rho;ί\u0026delta;\u0026alpha;\u0026sigmaf; \u003ci\u003eHet Nieuwsblad van Geel\u003c/i\u003e. \u0026Tau;\u0026alpha; \u0026tau;\u0026upsilon;\u0026pi;\u0026omicron;\u0026gamma;\u0026rho;\u0026alpha;\u0026phi;\u0026iota;\u0026kappa;ά \u0026sigma;\u0026tau;\u0026omicron;\u0026iota;\u0026chi;\u0026epsilon;ί\u0026alpha; \u0026tau;\u0026omega;\u0026nu; 26 \u0026gamma;\u0026rho;\u0026alpha;\u0026mu;\u0026mu;ά\u0026tau;\u0026omega;\u0026nu; \u0026pi;\u0026omicron;\u0026upsilon; \u0026chi;\u0026rho;\u0026eta;\u0026sigma;\u0026iota;\u0026mu;\u0026omicron;\u0026pi;\u0026omicron;\u0026iota;\u0026omicron;ύ\u0026nu;\u0026tau;\u0026alpha;\u0026iota; \u0026sigma;\u0026tau;\u0026eta;\u0026nu; \u0026omicron;\u0026lambda;\u0026lambda;\u0026alpha;\u0026nu;\u0026delta;\u0026iota;\u0026kappa;ή \u0026gamma;\u0026lambda;ώ\u0026sigma;\u0026sigma;\u0026alpha; \u0026sigma;\u0026upsilon;\u0026gamma;\u0026kappa;\u0026alpha;\u0026tau;\u0026alpha;\u0026lambda;έ\u0026gamma;\u0026omicron;\u0026nu;\u0026tau;\u0026alpha;\u0026iota;, \u0026epsilon;\u0026pi;\u0026omicron;\u0026mu;έ\u0026nu;\u0026omega;\u0026sigmaf;, \u0026sigma;\u0026tau;\u0026iota;\u0026sigmaf; \u0026pi;\u0026alpha;\u0026lambda;\u0026alpha;\u0026iota;ό\u0026tau;\u0026epsilon;\u0026rho;\u0026epsilon;\u0026sigmaf; \u0026kappa;\u0026alpha;\u0026theta;\u0026eta;\u0026mu;\u0026epsilon;\u0026rho;\u0026iota;\u0026nu;έ\u0026sigmaf; \u0026epsilon;\u0026mu;\u0026pi;\u0026epsilon;\u0026iota;\u0026rho;ί\u0026epsilon;\u0026sigmaf; \u0026tau;\u0026omicron;\u0026upsilon; \u0026kappa;\u0026alpha;\u0026lambda;\u0026lambda;\u0026iota;\u0026tau;έ\u0026chi;\u0026nu;\u0026eta;. \u0026Sigma;\u0026pi;\u0026omicron;ύ\u0026delta;\u0026alpha;\u0026sigma;\u0026epsilon; \u0026pi;\u0026rho;ώ\u0026tau;\u0026alpha; \u0026tau;\u0026upsilon;\u0026pi;\u0026omicron;\u0026gamma;\u0026rho;\u0026alpha;\u0026phi;ί\u0026alpha;, \u0026alpha;\u0026lambda;\u0026lambda;ά \u0026sigma;\u0026tau;\u0026eta; \u0026sigma;\u0026upsilon;\u0026nu;έ\u0026chi;\u0026epsilon;\u0026iota;\u0026alpha; \u0026alpha;\u0026pi;\u0026omicron;\u0026phi;ά\u0026sigma;\u0026iota;\u0026sigma;\u0026epsilon; \u0026nu;\u0026alpha; \u0026gamma;ί\u0026nu;\u0026epsilon;\u0026iota; \u0026gamma;\u0026lambda;ύ\u0026pi;\u0026tau;\u0026eta;\u0026sigmaf;, \u0026epsilon;\u0026mu;\u0026pi;\u0026nu;\u0026epsilon;ό\u0026mu;\u0026epsilon;\u0026nu;\u0026omicron;\u0026sigmaf; \u0026alpha;\u0026pi;ό \u0026tau;\u0026omicron; \u0026pi;\u0026rho;ό\u0026gamma;\u0026rho;\u0026alpha;\u0026mu;\u0026mu;\u0026alpha; \u0026tau;\u0026eta;\u0026sigmaf; \u0026alpha;ί\u0026theta;\u0026omicron;\u0026upsilon;\u0026sigma;\u0026alpha;\u0026sigmaf; \u0026tau;έ\u0026chi;\u0026nu;\u0026eta;\u0026sigmaf; Wide White Space \u0026sigma;\u0026tau;\u0026eta;\u0026nu; \u0026Alpha;\u0026mu;\u0026beta;έ\u0026rho;\u0026sigma;\u0026alpha; \u0026tau;\u0026eta; \u0026delta;\u0026epsilon;\u0026kappa;\u0026alpha;\u0026epsilon;\u0026tau;ί\u0026alpha; \u0026tau;\u0026omicron;\u0026upsilon; 1970. \u0026Tau;\u0026omicron; 1984, \u0026omicron; ί\u0026delta;\u0026iota;\u0026omicron;\u0026sigmaf; \u0026kappa;\u0026alpha;\u0026iota; \u0026eta; \u0026sigma;ύ\u0026nu;\u0026tau;\u0026rho;\u0026omicron;\u0026phi;ό\u0026sigmaf; \u0026tau;\u0026omicron;\u0026upsilon; \u0026kappa;\u0026alpha;\u0026iota; \u0026kappa;\u0026alpha;\u0026lambda;\u0026lambda;\u0026iota;\u0026tau;\u0026epsilon;\u0026chi;\u0026nu;\u0026iota;\u0026kappa;ή \u0026sigma;\u0026upsilon;\u0026nu;\u0026epsilon;\u0026rho;\u0026gamma;ά\u0026tau;\u0026eta;\u0026sigmaf; \u0026tau;\u0026omicron;\u0026upsilon;, \u0026Mu;ό\u0026nu;\u0026iota;\u0026kappa;\u0026alpha; \u0026Nu;\u0026tau;\u0026rho;ό\u0026sigma;\u0026tau;\u0026epsilon; (1958-1998), \u0026omicron;\u0026rho;\u0026iota;\u0026sigma;\u0026tau;\u0026iota;\u0026kappa;\u0026omicron;\u0026pi;\u0026omicron;ί\u0026eta;\u0026sigma;\u0026alpha;\u0026nu; 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