Costruttori di Stelle

47 The unknown familiar We share something inalienable with the stars, yet they remain distant Artist Tineke Smith communicates her quest by various ways of artistic expres- sion that cross-pollinate each other: visual art, danse, music, installations or perfor- mance are often interwoven with poetry. She formulates questions and challenges the viewer to start a dialogue with the ima- ges. Her point of departure is close; the simple natural things that surround us all. Like the flowers painted in a way that could just as well be images of stars. The micro and the macro environment are linked by the spectator. Such a work has a timeless communication flow, it refers to a kind of primeval human cosmic experience. The fading “aged” colours catch something of the transient yet precious nature of the human life form that consists of humus, the earth, stardust, the minerals and a my- sterious breath of the ‘all-supporting’, the immanent. Anikó Ouweneel-Tóth 53