Her style
is personal and as such it is distinctive. Applying a coherent
and intrinsic methodology, she employs a clear and legible visual
idiom. She might, for example, use a figurative interplay of
lines in neon light. This means she immediately has to overcome
something in the minds of viewers, who think they are familiar
with the significance of her use of materials.Neon
light is used for advertising in the entertainment industry,
sometimes fairly dubious in character. Titia Ex does not immediately
want to nullify the attraction of this in some politically correct
manner. She sooner exploits that association to create an initial
uncertainty, so that her work will be looked at critically.
This results in the discovery that something else is intended,
something more than a straightforward image with a simple message.
Viewed
from a greater distance her work looks two-dimensional. That
perception is soon undermined, however, because the lines in
her work often consist of shimmering light. In close-up, these
lines can also be diffracted three-dimensionally, and take on
a different guise. The work moves around the viewer, it has
a front and a rear, sometimes dissolving in a side-view and
reappearing once you have passed it by. Two- and three-dimensional
manifestations alternate. The agile and playful visual idiom
employed by Ex is captivating and simultaneously slightly disturbing.
After all, a light beacon in the distance is usually also a
warning, a signal. Watch out for what you are about to encounter.
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