Otto Berchem’s work explores social and visual codes, focusing on the relationships between language, architecture, history and poetry. His practice employs a wide variety of media, including painting, video, photography, and public interventions; which are all represented in his fifth solo show at Ellen de Bruijne Projects. Dive for Dreams is a continuation of the ideas and themes from his previous exhibition (Revolver, 2013), and revives the performative aspect of the Dating Market, his first solo show with Ellen de Bruijne, in 2000. With this body of work the artist continues his investigation of signs, human relations and codes, using his chromatic alphabet and exploring different possibilities with it. Berchem’s code is inspired by the writings of Uruguayan Jorge
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