HEGIRE

Video commissioned by diwan.org as part of a collaboration between European and Middle Eastern artists. Based on the poem Hegire by Goethe. Read by an Iranian refugee in Germany. Calligraphy BN. Edited by Igor De Baecke. 2011

HENRY VIII

Calligraphy for the BBC television series “Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant”, directed by David Sington, Dox Productions, London. 2009

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HENRY VIII

Work for this documentary included the making of props and the copying of historical documents unavailable for filming. On the left a copy of Henry VIII’s writing box, in the V&A, London.

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BOLOGNA TOWERS

Sound and light installation by Peter Greenaway, calligraphy BN. Piazza Maggiore, Bologna. 2000

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HENRY VIII

Calligraphy for the BBC television series “Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant”, directed by David Sington, Dox Productions, London. 2009

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MEINWERK BURIAL

Video installation for Paderborn Museum, Westphalia, to accompany exhibition on the 11th century bishop Meinwerk. 2009

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THE PILLOW BOOK

Film by Peter Greenaway with calligraphy on the bodies of the actors and actresses by BN. 1996

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PROSPERO’S BOOKS

Film by Peter Greenaway with calligraphy by BN. 1991

THE DREAM OF ST. FRANCIS

Video by BN for the Paderborn Museum, Westphalia. 2010

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SKIN

Video installation by BN, with music by Jeroen D’hoe. Lyrics BN and Jeroen D’hoe. Made for the Memling Museum, Bruges. 2008

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