The Journey (2)

Newsletter May 2023.

The journey as a performative residency

In this project, I consider the displacement in itself a 'residency'. The starting point was clear; the end will only be the conclusion of a process. The journey is not the metaphor of a work, but it is a work in itself, as a composition in time and space. There is no clear geographical destination, there is only the intention to be on the road.
As part of this project, I make impromptu walks, car rides and train journeys.

Slate and cork

In a landscape of slates and cork oaks
I took a walk.

During the walk
I kept a piece of cork in my left hand,
and a piece of slate in the right hand.

Llauro, France,
11 May 2023

Duet

From the trees overhanging the path came the sound of a nightingale.
I recorded the sound with my phone and then played it loudly.
The nightingale responded and sang a duet with its own captured song.

La Puebla de Castro, Spain
14 May 2023

Twice

On the same day,
I took the same walk twice.

Llauro, France
May 2023

La Têt 2: Rope

We both hold the rope. It connects our attention.
We see each other, we see the water .
The rope in our hands follows the current,
it churns and turns, it pulls.
It leads and guides the movements of our walk downstream.

In collaboration with Martine Viale.

HD-video, with sound, 14:53 min.
Video and video still by Max Wyse.

La Têt 2: Rope is related to the work
La Têt (2022)

Perpignan, France,
10 May 2023

Pendulum

A microphone,
on the boundary between air and water,
slightly touching the surface of the stream.

One-screen video installation,
video loop, 12 min., with sound.

Bertogne, Belgium,
May 2023