Author Archives: Frans van Lent

Reversed

Rotterdam-Maastricht-Rotterdam
6 June 2023

During a train journey,
I sat at a window.
I voiced what I saw outside,
and recorded it with a sound recorder.
On the return journey,
I sat in the opposite seat, wearing headphones
and as I looked outside,
I listened to the reversed audio file. Continue reading →

Focus

1 May 2023
I was looking at the lens of the camera.
And in doing so,
I was looking at myself,
still hidden in the future.

Original footage recorded in 1998
SD, no sound 9.55 min.

Duet

La Puebla de Castro, Spain
14 May 2023

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. Continue reading →