realDonaldTrump

text @realDonaldTrump with a foreword by Hans den Hartog Jager written down by Bart Domburg

Trump exercised presidential power in his own demagogic way via Twitter. Twitter gave Trump the opportunity to contact his followers directly, which he gratefully took advantage of. Through dozens of tweets a day, he spread directives, opinions, insults, intimidations and judgments that his eighty million followers eagerly read. He thus created a parallel reality and an enemy image. Opposition from traditional media was consistently labeled “Fake News”. Trump’s reality is believed unconditionally and with conviction by his followers and threatens to split society. The consequence of this became painfully manifest during the storming of the Capitol on January 6.

Artist Bart Domburg started in 2013 to transfer historical texts, data and archive material onto large sheets of paper with a fineliner. In 2020 he realized that Trump was literally making history through social media; this had never been seen before. He decided to write down all tweets from October 1, 2020. In Domburg’s handwritten version, the tweets are no longer directives on a website, but the very personal messages of a man who is manipulating the world while writing.

With an introduction by Hans den Hartog Jager.

English

Bart Domburg (Zwolle, 1957) lives and works in Amsterdam. His first exhibited works date from 1982. His work include posters and paintings. Recently he has also devoted himself to “writing”.

size 240 x 320 mm 192 pages hardcover design Lecturis appears in June NUR 646 ISBN 978-94-6226-416-8 € 30,00