T R O P I S M
The Tropism Art & Science Foundation consists of a group of artists, Robin Noorda, Alfred Marseille, Margot van de Stolpe, Menno Schrap, Paul Godschalk and
a range of guest Tropists. The definition of tropism in the dictionary is; the ability of an organism to direct itself to the light.
As an art movement, Tropism both literally and figuratively moves in the direction of a stimulus. Tropism tries to move the observer, while the act of observing itself is being called into question.
On June 20th 2015 the opening of the Tropistic exhibition Photosynthesis, shedding new light on plants' in the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh took place. The exhibition is a follow-up of the successfull exhibition in the Hortus Botanicus In Amsterdam in 2013.
The Tropism Art & Science Foundation consists of a group of artists, Robin Noorda, Alfred Marseille, Margot van de Stolpe, Menno Schrap, Paul Godschalk and
a range of guest Tropists. The definition of tropism in the dictionary is; the ability of an organism to direct itself to the light.
As an art movement, Tropism both literally and figuratively moves in the direction of a stimulus. Tropism tries to move the observer, while the act of observing itself is being called into question.
On June 20th 2015 the opening of the Tropistic exhibition Photosynthesis, shedding new light on plants' in the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh took place. The exhibition is a follow-up of the successfull exhibition in the Hortus Botanicus In Amsterdam in 2013.
Tropism is the ability of an organism to direct itself towards a stimulus.
The most common example is phototropism; the plants ability to turn towards the light. Every Tropistic work encourages the spectator' s ability to turn towards the stimuli that the work evokes.
For Margot van de Stolpe Tropism is a philosophy that prefers to deviate from the predictable and that reacts against patterns that are endlessly repeating themselves. Renewal, transformation, changing perceptions and a world upside down, are the ultimate goals in her work.
Patterns are the foundation, the direction, the informative code, through which all living things take shape. Patterns ensure an organism' s growth
by repeating fixed basic forms such as fractals.
Patterns derived from nature, form the underlying structure that is under pressure and that is kneaded and schaped into a new reality with a,
sometimes, surrealistic stratification. The patterns then loose their predictability and will start to behave in an entirely new and unique way, growing, moving, taking themselves less seriously and maybe exposing themselves in a promiscuous manner.
For further information go to www.tropism.eu
The most common example is phototropism; the plants ability to turn towards the light. Every Tropistic work encourages the spectator' s ability to turn towards the stimuli that the work evokes.
For Margot van de Stolpe Tropism is a philosophy that prefers to deviate from the predictable and that reacts against patterns that are endlessly repeating themselves. Renewal, transformation, changing perceptions and a world upside down, are the ultimate goals in her work.
Patterns are the foundation, the direction, the informative code, through which all living things take shape. Patterns ensure an organism' s growth
by repeating fixed basic forms such as fractals.
Patterns derived from nature, form the underlying structure that is under pressure and that is kneaded and schaped into a new reality with a,
sometimes, surrealistic stratification. The patterns then loose their predictability and will start to behave in an entirely new and unique way, growing, moving, taking themselves less seriously and maybe exposing themselves in a promiscuous manner.
For further information go to www.tropism.eu
In the App Store: "Tropisms 12 - Photosynthesis". Tropisms are projects created by art movement Tropism. Photosynthesis is the traveling exhibition that wants to shed a new light on plants. This app forms the complete catalogue for botanical gardens curators and for galleries that are interested in botany-related art. Go to the App Store
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photosynthesis-art-exhibition/id991292902?l=nl&ls=1&mt=8