Blad 55 uit Stamboek van de leerlingen der Koloniale School voor Meisjes en Vrouwen te 's-Gravenhage deel II (1930-1949) Possibly 1934

This page from the Stamboek van de leerlingen der Koloniale School voor Meisjes en Vrouwen te 's-Gravenhage was made in 1934. The anonymous artist used ink on paper, writing script and gluing photos onto the page. Imagine the person who made this register – maybe they made one every year. I feel a sense of them bending over the book and carefully writing each name. This register has columns and rows that form lines around the text, but then the artist has intervened with photos, breaking the grid. This page has life because of it. I am thinking about how the text must have been inscribed by someone with a specific intention. I think that art comes from the intention, and the way that intention is inscribed becomes the art.