Sky++

aka Sky Hoorne is

a visual artist, writer, philosopher, …

not a one-trick pony, and does not like to repeat herself.

a creative human being/becoming

a human contexting

 

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Exhibits & events



Nothing from March 18, 02024 to January 18, 02025.

Biography

Sky Hoorne (Ostend, 01980) aka Sky++ is a multidisciplinary visual artist, writer and philosopher. Her main themes: wholeness, realness, movement, inscendence.

Sky grew up as a shy and creative kid with a wide variety of interests. In her early twenties, still stuck in a loner masculine persona, she had a first artistic burst: apart from drawing and writing she recorded a 100% DIY hip hop demo album that got some acclaim. After she obtained an MsC in Computer Science (VUBrussels) she studied Printmaking/Illustration at Luca School of Arts (Ghent) for a short time. Around this period, among other things, she self-published two hard poetry books and created an experimental comic strip.

In the Summer of 02004, set in motion by longterm self-observation, contemplation and a couple of extraordinary circumstances, her outlook on life shifted permanently. This in turn necessitated a long journey of integration.

The ambition to be a magazine cartoonist did not last very long. A lengthy artistic hiatus ensued due to undiagnosed, chronic physical illness. A day job in IT provided income (and still). During this period she eagerly studied the philosophy and (meta)physics of David Bohm in her free time and digested a lot of mind science studies and books on eastern philosophy/religion. Body work also became more prominent. Written meditations were put out infrequently. A gender shift happened.
Around 02017 the physical ailments started to get dissolved and it became again possible to produce more artwork. Getting in contact with Pari Center (Italy) and some of the people affiliated also set in motion numerous projects and ideas. Eventually many years of observation, research and pondering produced the idea of “contexting/active context”, a practical approach to Bohm’s concepts of holoflux and implicate and explicate order.

In recent years Sky took up drawing, cartooning, ceramic sculpting, painting, photo collage … all in the vein of inscendence and generative imagination, two key notions that got formalized in 02021/22.
She is bound to explore new paths, building on the legacy of some of the giants in art history. Her work is infused with meaning and with different ways to (re)create realities.

Sky keeps upping her imaginative and creative skills while trying to find ways to reach a wider audience.

Timeline

  • 02023-02024
    • necessary inner work
  • 02022
    • first experiments with oil paint
    • concept & practice of generative imagination
    • contribution to “Holoflux: Codex – Form/Movement/Vision inspired by David Bohm”
  • 02006 - 02017 __ ARTISTIC HIATUS
    • trying to resolve/minimize the impact of lifelong health issues
    • lots of research in human health & nutrition
    • deep study of David Bohm, eastern religion & science/philosophy of consciousness
    • 02013 coming out as trans* / genderfluid ( info)
    • 02013 launch of Nonsense Filtr
    • 02010 start of practicing kiko/qi gong
    • 02010 birth of Perspectivist
    • 02009 birth of ontoscopy.net (renamed to contexting.net )
  • 01998 - 02005 FIRST CREATIVE BURST
    • 02005 “The Silent Years” hip hop instrumental EP
    • 02005 multiple experiments in cartoons & comic strips
    • 02005 second self-published book of hardpoetry & shortprose “Lobotomy blues”
    • 02004 culmination of intense periods of mindfulness, self-questioning & deep meditation
    • 02003-2004 4 months at Sint-Lucas Hogeschool Gent – Vrije Grafiek/Illustratie
    • 02003 Master in IT | Computer science @VUBrussels
    • 02002 internet hip hop radio show “Raw Stamina” @VUBrussels
    • 02002 self-published dark poetry book “The Back of Beyond”
    • 02002 hip hop demo album “Versleten bics” & some live performances
    • 02001 pivotal moment: start of delving into “The Limits of Thought: Discussions between J. Krishnamurti & David Bohm”
    • + occasional promo art for Crazy Copy Center
    • 01987 – 01998 11 jaar beeldende kunst @DKO Oostende
  • 01980
    • born in Oostende, Belgium

Past events / exhibits

02023/

  • 04/01 – 07/31
    OUTSIDE GROUP EXPO
    Kunstwandeling Snaaskerke 2023
  • 07/22
    ONLINE GROUP PRESENTATION
    Beyond Bohm 2023 (Pari Center)
  • 05/25 – 27
    GROUP EXPO
    pARTcours Zedelgem
  • 05/07
    HOME EXPO
    Atelier in Beeld
  • 03/18 – 19
    GROUP EXPO
    Artelier III Gistel

02022/

  • 07/17
    ONLINE CONFERENCE
    Pari Presentation on imagination for Beyond Bohm conference
  • 06/01 – 30
    DUO EXPO
    Ellen Nauwynck (paintings) & Sky Hoorne (ceramic sculptures) @Galerie De Sterre
  • 05/13 – 15
    HOME EXPO
    Atelier in Beeld

02019/

  • HOME EXPO
    Buren bij Kunstenaars

02018/

  • HOME EXPO
    Buren bij Kunstenaars

Publications EN

02022

  • BOOK CONTRIBUTION (art & philosophical writing)
    “Holoflux Codex: Form/Movement/Vision Inspired by David Bohm”
    (ed. Lee Nichol, Pari Publishing, 02022, ISBN-10 8895604369, ISBN-13 978-8895604367)

02020

  • ESSAY
    “Contexting: a primer” (online version)
    (also printed in Pari Perspectives vol. 4)
  • COMIC STRIPS
    Pari Perspectives vol. 5 & 6 (subscription only)
    single page adaptations of Bohm quotes & 

02019

  • ILLUSTRATION & COMIC STRIP
    Pari Perspectives vol. 2 (paid link)

02005

02002

  • BOOK
    “The Back of Beyond”

    self-published hard-poetry

02000 – 02012

  • ESSAYS
    “It’s a mess” magazine
    written meditations

Publicaties NL

02023

02022

  • STRIP
    Ginter Familiefolder
    Gintie de Haas #1 (strip)

02021

  • CARTOON
    Polderkrant
    thema: spoor/openbaar vervoer

02000 – 02012

  • STRIPS
    Plots stripmagazine, Tiens Tiens: “Dave Devo”
  • CARTOONS
    “De Moeial” (VUB)
  • FLYERS
    Crazy Copy Center (VUB)