The Journey (3), last part!

Newsletter June 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 move.
As part of this project, I make impromptu walks, car rides and train journeys.

24 hours

For 24 hours, I drove an improvised route,
with a 10-minute break every hour,
eventually arriving back at the starting point.

The drive started in Dordrecht (NL) on June 14, 2023 at 10 pm
and ended on June 15, 2023 at 10 pm.
The total distance was 892 kilometres.

24 hours is related to the works:
L'espace vingt-quatre heures (2020) and
Nycthemeron (2021).

Netherlands, Germany, Belgium,
14/15 June 2023.
Drawing of a GPS track on a satellite photo.

Reversed

During a train journey,
I sat at a window.
I voiced what I saw outside,
and recorded it with a audio recorder.

On the return journey, I sat in the opposite seat,
with headphones on
and as I looked outside,
I listened to the audio file in reverse.

Reversed

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Rotterdam-Maastricht vice versa.
6 June 2023.
Mono digital audio file, reversed fragment of 60:00 min.

Logs

I found a random composition of logs under a sawn-off tree
and mirrored the arrangement as accurately as possible.

Bonin, Lac de Panneciere, France,
May 2023.
Photography.

Passing, three parts

Saint-Symphorien, France,
May 2023.
4K video, with sound.
03.27 min.

Horizon

Pantà de Sau, Spain,
May 2023.
Photo.

au Grand Pont

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Wading upstream through the river Doux,
towards the old bridge, Grand Pont.

Saint Jean de Muzols, France,
May 2023.
4K video with sound,
20.31 min.