Blad 9 uit Stamboek van de leerlingen der Koloniale School voor Meisjes en Vrouwen te 's-Gravenhage deel II (1930-1949) Possibly 1930 - 1937

This page from a ledger was made around the 1930s, part of a register from a Colonial School for Girls and Women in The Hague. You know, sometimes the most profound art hides in plain sight. Like in this old register. I love that the artist is anonymous. It makes me wonder about the intent behind these marks. The crisp lines, the careful script, the pasted-in photos—each element is placed with such precision. You can sense the meticulousness, the care taken to record these women's stories. I keep imagining the person who made this book, day after day filling its pages. These documents, with their rigid columns and handwritten notes, are transformed through the simple act of arrangement. The act of copying and organizing is a kind of mark-making, and so can be a form of drawing, a record of time and human presence. This person was trying to keep track and make something useful, but I see something else too. And that’s what moves me.