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Niels van der Donk
Theresiastraat 6-91
2593 AM, The Hague
+31 610354829
nielsvddonk@gmail.com

About


Behind The Scenes




PROJECTS


14 Conclusions About
Mobility, Migration & Borders
You're Living A Simulation
Post Physical Youth Culture
The Horror Of The Self
I Was Not Allowed To Enter
The Plane
Do Androids Dream Of
Electric Sheep?
VR Smash
Masterclass
Contemporary Paleography
Colors
FaceType
KABK Open Day
Additives To A Hole
Online Identity
The Moon Is A Hologram
Love Mountain

VIDEOS


Taliyoon
Google
DJ DARKLORD: CHU
DJ DARKLORD: HINDA

INTERACTIVE


Nilssi: High Born Voyage
VR Smash
FaceType
DJ DARKLORD: HINDA
Formed By The Internet
Digital Exposition

EVENTS


The Royal Chess Club
Books & Ladders

MUSIC


Nilssi
DJ DARKLORD
EEWW

SOCIAL


Facebook
Instagram
Vimeo
Soundcloud

CONTEMPORARY PALEOGRAPHY

Contemporary Paleography is a research by me, a Graphic Designer without any knowledge in translating ancient languages, in the Zapotec script. Zapotec is a Mesoamerican script used from 500BCE to 1000BCE in Oaxaca, Mexico. Known text are very short, most of the time about 10 glyphs, making it very difficult to translate and understand.
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Till this day, there is still little to no understanding of this script, so I decided to give it a try myself, but this time only using the knowledge I have surrounding me. Based on a few carved in rocks found throughout the years, I tried to make translations of the glyphs using Google images. These resulted in new stories and possibly new findings for actual professional Zapotec researchers.






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