Xabbiïstisch manifest

Xabbiism is a method that allows to level a way of life with knowledge and ideas in each possible period of time.

We live in a world where we only get bits and pieces of encyclopaedic knowledge, a world in which methods change constantly and rapidly and have a short life.  

Xabbiism is a primal instinct method using materials that are available but it also uses changes that can be a catalyst for new impulses and new work. Like this, personality, culture and the position in the world comes to expression.

Xabbiism is a global form of art that consists of what is tangible. This involves things without any practical use, the purely aesthetical, as well as the most common functional things.

In Xabbiism, one can perceive multiple recurring elements in different cultures, even if those cultures do not have anything in common.  Xabbiism is art that springs out of necessity. The ingenuity used to gain new insights on materials and techniques, reflects the vitality of the xabbiist. Tradition and authenticity are of great importance.

Life in this world is largely dominated by history and tradition but generally work methods only have a short life.  Important information and beauty gets lost. Xabbiism uses the best and most beautiful systems, the most elementary and simple techniques. These techniques are often hidden behind highly ornamented sophisticated systems but are, essentially, the basis. It is quite common to see that modernised en high-tech systems go, in the end, back to basics.

Everything that man has made:

• structure/model
• shape/composition

The lust for life and a passion for the arts are essential but are actually a hunger for beauty. The world we live in becomes more and more uniform. The xabbiist does not strive for a flat reality but is influenced physically by other cultures rather then mentally. This gives a better result.