Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken Possibly 1913 - 1917

Alphonse Stengelin made this Briefkaart aan Philip Zilcken, I don't know when exactly, but I guess it's made of paper and ink. It's all about process, isn't it? The way things get layered and marked over time. Look at how the text, the stamps, and the address kind of jostle for space. It's like the history of the card is right there on the surface. The handwriting loops and swerves, and the ink has this faded quality that makes you think about how long it's been since it was sent. The smudges and blurs feel like ghosts of past touches, like you could almost feel the person who held this card, wrote on it, and sent it on its way. It reminds me of work by Cy Twombly, the way marks become language and language becomes marks. It's like a conversation happening across time and space, full of unanswered questions and endless possibilities.