Schematic Slideshow — Inner School of Open Studies

Inner School of Open Studies

by Protey Temen

A) Contents

B) Exhibitions

C) About

Schematic Slideshow

Projection, black paperboard, white ink. 2017. Various sizes.

Close

WallProjection-Video-Preview-Gif

Brown Cards

“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Brown Cards” series. Brown paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, 15 × 21 cm. 2024.

Structures of the Sky: Clouds

“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Structures of the Sky: Clouds” series. Blue paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, mechanical cut-out, 21 × 9,7 cm. 2024

Memories

Digital graphics, print. 2022

Blackboard Structures

Layers of black matte canvas, white pencil, chalk, and staples. Various sizes. 2021—Ongoing

Wave Structures Album

Black matte drawing pad, white gel ink, 29,7×42 cm. 2017.

Schematic Slideshow

Projection, black paperboard, white ink. 2017. Various sizes.

Surfaces

“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Surfaces” series. Black paper rolls, chalk, pencil. 2023. Various sizes.

Signs

“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Signs” series, 2023. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, machine-cut arrangements. Various sizes.

Structures and Buildings

Readymade forms, acrylic

Heads and Thougths

Heads and Thougths A series of drawings over an image of a person. Diagrams, signs and connecting objects cover the head of the human model. In this way the tension and direction of attention is visualized. Close

Cards with Motives

Cards with Motives A series of drawings made on individual rectangular sheets of heavy white paper. Each sheet contains a fragment of an image, scheme, pattern. Close

Hands and Symbols

Hands and Symbols Hand drawn designs, symbols and patterns that can represent a variety of meanings: cultural distinctions, personal expression, spiritual meanings or even abstract art. Close

Fragments of Pottery

Reconstruction of well-preserved fragments of vases, dishes, sculptures

Small Flakes

The sheets of paper are irregularly shaped. The paper is dark in color, covered with fragments of symbols and drawings of different shapes and subjects.

✹ Cave

The past is changing more often than the way we perceive it. The illusion that our world is static supported in the XX century by museums and historians who dig through the ashes of civilizations can no longer stand up to the challenges of today. What do we do

Particles of Me, Particles of You

High quality 100% cotton, machine embroidery, felt insert, 30 × 40 cm, 12 pieces, 2017.

ATLAS: Schemes

Layers of black matte cardboard, white gel ink, mechanical cut, mechanical drawing. 29,7 × 21 cm. 2018—Ongoing

Grasshopper OS

100 Video fragments, shuffle playback, sound, 1920×1080. 2020—2021

Total Timeline Drawings

“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Total Timeline” series. 12 pieces. Black paperboard, white chalk, white gel ink, 50 × 70 cm. 2018.

Inner School of Open Studies

Inner School of Open Studies is a non-linear and hermetic art project committed to merging synthetic approaches in knowledge processing: language, calculation, and drawing. Collectively, these methods help us think, dream, and communicate across the dimensions of time and space. Pages Drawing Individual sheets with drawings, silhouettes of parts of…

Video Explanations

120 video fragments, shuffled playback, 1920 × 1080, sound. 2018

Content Cards

Another way to explore

Total Timeline

Multidisciplinary project. 2017—On-going

Particle Studies

Multidisciplinary on-going project. 2016—On-going

Calculation (Preview)

The series draws inspiration from the relationship between humans and computing machines. Hardware components, motherboard designs, interfaces, and unrevealed future tech ideas take form of screenshots, patents papers, and prototypes.

Ocean of Memory: Shuffle Preview

Autoplay module

Spaces, Rooms and Halls

A set of 360 cards, 300 gsm², 21×15 cm. 2022

Kabinet Playground

Fragments of workflow, cabinet parts, and archive details.

Particle Studies and Explanations

A set of digital sketches. 2023—Ongoing.

Wall Drawings

A set of digital sketches. 2023—Ongoing.

Queens and Princes

A video-based fairytale. In February 2020 I wrote this fairytale as a reaction to whatever was happening out there. Later, during the springtime lockdown, I came up with an idea of a migrating audio-visual show. You know, we all remember those days, when all the activities happened to be

From Cave to Starship

...The past is changing more often than the way we perceive it. The illusion that our world is static supported in the XX century by museums and historians who dig through the ashes of civilisations can no longer stand up to the challenges of today.

Contours

“Visual Dyslexia” and "Flakes" cycles. 2020—Ongoing. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, pins. The site-specific arrangement.

Ocean of Memory: Stream

300 video fragments and 300 lines of a poem in the form of a shuffled song combined in a mixture of endless loops. Multi-channel video, multi-channel sound. A first public demonstration in 2021.

ATLAS 21.22.23

“ATLAS 21.22.23” cycle, 120 sheets. Layers of black matte cardboard, chalk, white gel ink, mechanical cut, mechanical drawing, floating support, 29,7×40cm. 2022—On Going.

Cards, Fragments, Components

Layers of black matte cardboard, white gel ink, mechanical cut, mechanical drawing, eyelets. Various sizes. 2018—Ongoing

Document Arrangements

Layers of black matte cardboard, chalk, white gel ink, mechanical cut, mechanical drawing, black staples. 2021—2022. Published by Anthropogenic Markers: Stratigraphy and Context, by Max Planck Institute and Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Uncertain Praxis

Ping-pong balls, large and small resin particles, brass rods 10cm, metal wire, lens, paper masks, Laserjet print on transparent film. 2018.

Drawing (Preview)

The process of thinking can begin with a pencil. Whether you’re attempting topic-specific mark-making or pure beauty, you can document the experience of life, catch a glimpse of a thought, or capture emotion. Intimate, expressive, naive, or raw, the drawing is the framework of the picture.

Descriptions

Selection of introduction texts, quotes, and comments for exhibitions and other events. Shuffled order. Does not necessarily fit into the seamless narration.

ATLAS

“Visual Dyslexia” cycle. “ATLAS” series, 2015—2017. Paper, acrylic ink, gel ink, various sizes.

Alchemy, Pilots, Anthills

“Visual Dyslexia” cycle. “Alchemy, Pilots, Anthills” series, 2015—2016. White offset paper 120gms², acrylic ink, gel ink, a set of an unknown quantity, unique drawings, 21×29,7cm and 42×29,7cm

Spirals, Grids, Scales

“Visual Dyslexia” cycle. “Spirals, Grids, Scales” series, 2015—2018. White offset paper 120gms², acrylic ink, gel ink, a set of an unknown quantity, unique drawings over LaserJet print, 21×29,7cm

Notebooks of Relations

“Visual Dyslexia” cycle. “Notebooks of Relations” series, 6 (9) topics, 2018—2020. White offset paper 80gms², acrylic ink, gel ink, LaserJet print, a set of 240 unique drawings, bound in 4 books, 15×21cm

Exhibitions

Exhibitions, events, and installations. Views of the rooms and close-up fragments. Various cities, places, and years. Through their mosaic, a seamless narration erupts. Photographs are displayed in a shuffled order.

About Inner School

Inner School of Open Studies is a non-linear, hermetic art project. Dedicated to a combination of synthetic methods for preserving and developing knowledge: language, calculations, and drawing. These methods work together to allow people to understand, communicate, and preserve their findings and theories to others in a precise and

Quotes

Selected excerpts of introductions, curatorial explications, and commentary for exhibitions and projects.

by Kurt Bille

The fundamental layer of our co-existence is the object of interest investigated by mixed media artist Protey Temen. A layer that is constructed by our ability to gain and accumulate knowledge that, in turn, structures our experience of the world around us...

by Yulia Yousma

The graphics, objects, videos, and multimedia installation in the exhibition are part of a larger project, The Inner School of Open Research, within which the artist explores the subtle connections and intersections between science, the contingency of the moment, and the poetry of everyday life...

Ocean of Memory: Stella

One day the boundary of the corporeal will end and everything will disintegrate into pure energy. Only one single ocean will remain of the Earth, shimmering with waves of former flesh. Only a few birds will survive, freed from the carcasses of their cells, but not the memory cells

The List of Studies

An ever-expanding and of various cards: sidenotes, footnotes, event titles, project ideas, methods, and so on. Printed on offset paper, 8.5×5.5cm. 2018—Ongoing

by Chiara Spagnol

In the poetics of an artist, the analysis of reality often has to do with the problematization of what is given. This is clearly demonstrated by the Conceptual experience, which in the Sixties imposed a new and radical conception of art starting from the reinterpretation of its foundation: the

Neuroscope

Set of 300 unique images made with text-to-image generation algorithm. The printed edition: 300 gsm², 10×15 cm. 2021—2022.

Explanations (Preview)

A selection of fragments and works from the Relative Explanations series. The main theme of the series is multi-layered abstract arrangements of schematic drawings, formulas, letters, and numbers. The visual poetry of information clouds unfolds from small drawings to spaces.

≣ Documents

The Documents section brings together what you might find in your mailbox, on the wall by your desk, on a shelf. Books, envelopes and letters, notes and instructions, texts and photos. Made by someone for themselves or someone else.

◉ Virtual

The section is devoted to a growing archive of digital-first materials combining drawing practices and assumptions of materiality. In each of the individual sets, emphasis is placed on the blending of formal and descriptive parts of the project. From peering at surfaces to penetrating clouds of particles, from observing

ǯ Calculation

After the algorithms pass their Machine Learning classes, they will probably be able to think. But what will be the main object of their search? Will they want to help us become more intimate with each other? Will they help unselfishly train us to make the right decisions? If

Flakes

“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Flakes” series, 2019—Ongoing. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, white gel ink, black and white staples, hand-torn and machine-cut arrangements. Various sizes.

Canvas Documents

“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Canvas Documents” series, 2022—Ongoing. Black primed canvas, white chalk, white ink, white pencil, staples, various sizes

Boards

“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Boards” series. 60 pieces. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, 50 × 70 cm. 2019—Ongoing.

Pages

“Relative Explanations” cycle. “Pages” series. Black paperboard, white chalk, white pencil, 29,7 × 40 cm. 2022—Ongoing.

✣ Drawing

By copying the observed and building the mirror of our own perception we learn to see certain parts of the world through a drawing. It takes a while to put into practice. We want it to look natural, but usually, all we get is some pale copy. You were

⊞ Spatial

Spatial Concepts ...The space consists of various storage systems like shelves, racks, and tables. Within it, there are black and white photographs of poor quality showcasing discoveries and experiments. Unclear purpose instruments such as archaeological rulers are present. Additionally, there are paper buttons, metal fasteners, Papier-mache sculptures, black figures made…

About Protey Temen

Protey Temen’s practice is centered around using drawings, videos, books, and installations to create abstract visuals that explore and visualize the intersections between science and visual data. By utilizing the poetry of everyday life processes, he can create a deeper understanding and connection to the world around us.

↹ Explanation

Imagine yourself coming into the classroom 90 minutes late for a lecture. The professor is absorbed in explanation. Nobody's talking – it’s very difficult to manage to take notes, let alone analyse them. We’re following an invisible hand and pretend to have been there all the time. Tomorrow we

☉ Material

Okay, okay, we've got it all. Let's figure out how to put this together into some kind of system. After all, surely there must be some general rules. Something that makes sense as part of a whole system. I think I've figured out where the correlation is. It may

A) Contents
B) Exhibitions
C) About

Table of Contents

Follow on Instagram

About

Protey Temen

Inner School of Open Studies is a non-linear and hermetic art project committed to merging synthetic approaches in knowledge processing: language, calculation, and drawing. Collectively, these methods help us think, dream, and communicate across the dimensions of time and space.

Privacy Policy

Manage Consent

To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.

Functional Functional Always active

The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.

Preferences Preferences

The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.

Statistics Statistics

The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.

Marketing Marketing

The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes

View preferences

{title} {title} {title}