CURRENT RESEARCH · IR-P01
Already Painted?
Can a fundamentally new visual language still emerge in painting?
PROJECT 01 · PHASE I · OCTOBER 2026 – SEPTEMBER 2027
Enter the projectWHAT WE DO
We follow how a work comes to be, and keep what usually stays behind in the studio.
Studio investigation
Research
Studio-based investigations into the possibilities of visual language in painting.
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Methods & Tools
A working classification of painting, used to describe what changes from one experiment to the next.
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Publishing & Archiving
Studies, experiments and comparisons, kept with their notes, including the ones that were abandoned.
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Projects & Initiatives →IR-P01 · Active · 2026–present
Already Painted?
Artistic research into the possibilities of visual language in contemporary painting.
ExploreMethods & Tools
All resources →Research instrument
Painting Taxonomy
Twenty-four categories for looking at a painting.
Working version. Each category branches into subcategories and individual elements.
ExploreJournal & Publications
Read the journal →Follow the research as it develops.
Notes, observations and interim results from the studio, published as the research develops.
No journal entries published yet.
Finished research texts
Essays, reports and research papers in their finished, citable form.
No publications yet.
PublicationsArchive
Browse the archive →Studies, experiments and comparisons, kept with their notes, including the ones that were abandoned.
No records published yet. The first records from Project 01 will appear here.
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