Quadratur der Worte / Squaring of the Word

"Die farben der felder einer quadratischen 3x3 matrix werden durch einen 6-stelligen code aus ziffern und/oder buchstaben definiert.

Setzt man dafür die buchstaben eines wortes ein, so läßt sich ein wort als farbmuster bzw. Hell-dunkel struktur darstellen, die oft interessante optische zusatzinformationen bieten.

I define the colors of a 3x3 table of squares by using the letters (or their ASCII-hexadecimal equivalent) of a word for the color code.

The resulting patterns of colors or grayscales often hit the real/hidden meaning of a word in a surprising way." -- from "Die Quadratur der Worte / How to Square Words"

"Holzbauer is recognized for his 'systemic poetry', a new kind of production of literary texts.

Starting in the early 1990s, he worked on the transformation and publication of texts in non-traditional media; his texts became literary objects, computer-aided interactive text-animations, sound-installations, or Internet events.

Recently, the artist works in Web graphics, visual poetry, and on a surrealistic diary project.

Holzbauer is a member of the Grazer Autorenversammlung and Künstlergilde Salzkammergut." -- from "Siegfried Holzbauer / Biography"