Joris Van de Moortel - Cylinder 6 FW leaving a sourcebook – a

leaving a sourcebook – a bible – for the identification of longing

he writes about the feeling of stumbling around between images of torture

The collection of texts and images is both complex and fascinating

tenderness and all the humorous pictures in between

Joris Van de Moortel - Cylinder 6 FW leaving a sourcebook – aComics were Joris Van de Moortels first love. His first publication with MER. Paper Kunsthalle (Ghent), the Cylinder series, is not a real comic book series, but the idea is based on the structure of it. The sketches, the colouring, the humour that feels close to the practice: its a work in itself and not just a representation of images. The artist prints one new Cylinder issue on the occasion of each new project or exhibition. Each cahier has a