Blad 31 uit Stamboek van de leerlingen der Koloniale School voor Meisjes en Vrouwen te 's-Gravenhage deel II (1930-1949) Possibly 1931 - 1937

This is Blad 31, a page from a student registry created in the Netherlands between 1930-1949. It's made with ink on paper. Think of it as a collective project, a conversation between different hands, captured on the page. There's a grid-like structure, with handwritten entries in each cell, some neat, some hurried. It reminds me of early conceptual art, like Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings where the idea is executed by different people, each adding their own touch. Look at the signatures—each one a small performance, a mark of identity. There is also a photograph included alongside the script. The whole document has a kind of faded elegance, a reminder of the human effort involved in record-keeping. It shows the traces of a specific time, but it also speaks to the broader impulse to categorize, archive, and make sense of the world. It could be compared to the kind of archival impulse you see in the work of someone like Gerhard Richter. It's not just about information; it’s about how we frame and interpret that information.