Some People

Some people act insane.
Some people are insane.
The difference between you and me.
The smart one knows he’s mad.

The mad one thinks he’s smart.
A voice inside me said the other day:
“In me, it’s both. I think.”
To me.
Wading through oceans of merciless information.
Extreme left people are welcome here.
The extreme right
we call Nazis.

In blinding panic, trying to seal the spillways
of the data leak.
Six silver-blue cans of sugar-water.
Two bars lighter.
Keep the balls under water.
Keep the balls above water.
Keep your bullshit to yourself.

And feel
the guilt and the shame,
deep as the bottom.
It reigns.
Like a king.
Taken over by delusions,
talking to a broken mirror.

Blind finches with lenses for their blind spots—
which they don’t have,
and which only add irritation.
Russian roulette in asylum centers
until heads begin to roll.

The horrific private conversation
with the entire world population.
And then shamelessly making uninspired FUCKING ART about it,
all day,
spending days
tuning yourself
to the preference
of subsidy distributors.

So I walk,
safe inside my cocoon,
detached from
how it began.
Walking in circles,
talking to myself in subsidy-jargon.

Mantra.

Leugentantra.

With a mask on.

And underneath it,
a strip of duck tape over my mouth.
Soon: an exhibition in my basement.

Welcome.

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From blank canvases, Ko de Kok’s work emerges pretty spontaneously. His portraits probe the shallow subconscious and reflect the absolute logic of the human mind, where alienation and disorientation dominate. Of course.

Meaning is never fixed. Why would it be? So Ko de Kok aggressively demands attention to perception itself.

With Désirée van Blitterswijk, Ko de Kok co-founded Het Heerst, an interdisciplinary platform creating exhibitions, music videos, and all sorts of collaborations.

Open suggestion: Why don’t you guys invite me – Sina Khani – to do a show there with The Unsafe House? Give me a call.