Kies een stemming en de kamer zelf antwoordt — het licht koelt of warmt op, de sfeer verandert van tempo, en alleen de werken die dat gevoel belichamen, treden naar voren uit de duisternis. De rest verdwijnt in de schaduw.
A Troubled Inheritance: The Early Years of William Rimmer William Rimmer’s story begins not in the bustling studios of Boston, but amidst a swirling vortex of familial delusion and shadowed anxieties in Liverpool, England, circa 1816. Born into a family steeped in eccentricity – his father, Thomas Rimmer, harbored an unwavering belief that he was the lost Dauphin of France, a conviction fueled by a complex web of half-truths and inheri
ted fantasies stemming from his own lineage. This elaborate delusion permeated every aspect of the Rimmer household, casting a long shadow over young William’s upbringing. The family’s itinerant existence, punctuated by near-constant flight from imagined pursuers – agents dispatched to silence the “royal” claimant – shaped his formative years, fostering a deep sense of displacement and an acute awareness of the precariousness of ident…