Brief aan Andries Bonger 1895

This is a letter by Emile Bernard to Andries Bonger, penned with ink on paper. The visual experience is dominated by the dense, rhythmic script covering the page, a texture created by the uniformity of Bernard's handwriting. The sepia tones evoke a sense of history, drawing us into a private correspondence. Yet, the act of display destabilizes this original intent, transforming a personal message into a public artifact. Semiotically, each word functions as a sign, but the overall structure mimics a complex, interwoven pattern, challenging a linear reading. Bernard's letter becomes not just a conveyance of information, but also a visual field where language's inherent structures are foregrounded. Meaning is not just in the content but in the form, inviting an ongoing re-interpretation of textual space as an aesthetic object.