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johannes bongers is a Dutch conceptual artist, technologist, and philosopher. Since 1991, under the framework of 'boolean works', he has critically examined the implications of Boolean logic on contemporary society, emphasizing its role in the increase of homogeneity and capitalism's focus on identity. Since 2023 bongers founded Technotlogy on Technotlogy.com. bongers' projects address the interconnectedness of the mind, society, and the environment in a new technological order. He draws inspiration from thinkers like Félix Guattari, Gilbert Simondon, Henri Bergson, Gilles Deleuze, Jesper Hoffmeyer, Hannah Arendt, and Martin Heidegger. His artistic-political works include: Gemeente Nieuwe IJssel: An artistic-political community focusing on the coherence between mental, social, and environmental ecologies, aiming to enhance individual and collective agency. nieuweijssel.nl Drie Zusters: A public art project in Amsterdam symbolizing the unity of human, societal, and environmental elements through the planting of tree groups across the city's neighborhoods. geeL Leeg: A conceptual exploration of the color yellow (Y=100) as a symbol of capitalism, investigating its role in communication and homogenization. geelleeg.nl Bosje van Bannink: A photographic series documenting the life and disappearance of a small forest, reflecting on ecological loss and temporal causality. bosjevanbannink.nl ANDSTERDAM: A reimagining of Amsterdam's identity, promoting inclusivity and the interconnectedness of human, societal, and environmental factors. andsterdam.nl The AND of Time: A theoretical framework synthesizing temporal philosophies to propose that the future continually reshapes the present, fostering new forms of life and thought. technotlogy.com bongers' work critically examines the pervasive influence of technology and capitalism on human consciousness and societal structures, advocating for a reactivation of human agency and a shift from static identities to dynamic processes of becoming. bongers began his artistic-political journey as a metallurgist and crystallographer but soon shifted his focus to sculpting, art curating, and technology. After spending 15 years as a creative director in technology companies, and founded Fazzination.com from 2012-2019, he evolved his approach to life and the issues of coherence between mind, the social field, and milieu. Through his work, bongers has found a way to connect art, technology, theory, and life. Visit booleanworks.nl for an overview of his work.
Visit booleanworks.nl Boolean Works is a framework for the art, technics and theory of Johannes Bongers since 1991. Boolean Works appropriated the Boolean logical operators AND, OR and NOT to expand the applications of Boolean Logic beyond the dominant mode of modern technology that reigns our minds and communities. This technical mentality leads to less vitality, increasing homogeneity, and capitalism's obsession with identity, repressing any actual potential of radical agency.
Visit Technotlogy.com Technotlogy emerges as a transformative paradigm, redefining the relationship between art, life, and technology. Technotlogy is a European, continental concept opposing the global domination of US semiocapitalism.
Visit per-soon.nl Per~Son counters the hegemony of the image by amplifying and emancipating the resonating and vibrating body. Per~Son empowers all living beings, which the image cannot represent, to resonate and vibrate for themselves, for others, and for the suppressed and unheard. Per~Son vocalises, remains silent, sings, converses, stutters. Per~son liberates itself from the doctrine of the image and the complete senselessness of visual production. Per~Son is the post-everything entity that bridges the Organ(ic) register (Son, Sound) with Per, posing the why, what, and how of maintaining sanity - mentally, socially, and environmentally - in the face of omni-capitalism.
Gemeente Nieuwe IJssel is een artistiek-politieke gemeente op nieuweijssel.nl. De bewoners van Gemeente Nieuwe IJssel zoeken naar manieren om de hachelijke vraagstukken van onze tijd op een nieuwe manier te denken, met elkaar te verbinden en via artistiek-politieke oefeningen vorm en uitdrukking te geven aan alternatieven en uitwegen. Initiatieven van Gemeente Nieuwe IJssel vanaf 2020 zijn: Technotlogy.com, SOOOS.org, DENKMAL.nl, GROND (grond.amsterdam) and ANDSTERDAM (andsterdam.nl). Een selectie van Bongers werk en projecten is te vinden op Boolean Works (booleanworks.nl)
ANDSTERDAM celebrates The Power of AND. AND unites that was previously separated: ANDSTERDAM restores the connection between the human mind, the social, and the environment in the city of Amsterdam; the coherence between Mens, Maatschappij en Milieu. Andsterdam.nl