In the light of the full moon
I took a picture
of a stone and a little sand
on a piece of black cotton.
Maumont, July 13, 2022 Continue reading
Author Archives: Frans van Lent
The Panorama
A head wearing black glasses,
turns slowly from the left shoulder to the right shoulder.
In the reflections, the landscape glides by.
July 6, 2022.
HD-video with sound, 02:03 min.
Related work: Project (2008)
La Têt
Perpignan (F)
18 June 2022
In collaboration with Martine Viale.
We stand motionless facing each other on both sides of the river, at the boundary of the water. Our spread arms confirm the direction from which the water comes and to which side it flows. Continue reading
To Hiroomi
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As a friendly gesture to Hiroomi Horiuchi,
I walked and recorded the first hour of the route
from my home in Maumont, Hautefort, France
to his home in Kichijōji, Musashino, Tokyo, Japan.
June 12, 2022 Continue reading
A chain
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Hautefort, France
I drove my car to the castle and parked at the top of the hill.
I left the car, picked up a pebble (1) and walked down the hill. At the fork, I dropped the pebble and picked up a dandelion leaf (2). Continue reading
Night-time
For three days, the studio was open to the public from 11:00 to 19:00.
This means the artworks were left alone sixteen hours a day .
With no one around, the works have no need to interact,
they are simply objects without meaning, like any other. Continue reading
By Way of Detour
Borgerstraat 24, Rotterdam
May 20-22, 11:00-19:00.
Presentation together with
Dagmar Baumann, Kathrin Wolkowicz and Heyer Thurnheer.
Frans van Lent
Performance on the border of visibility
A practice-based public performance workshop in four sessions
Ebb & Flow Registration
The 2nd Festival of the Smallest
The smallest, the quietest, the least, the narrowest, the slowest, the lightest, the shortest and the thinnest.
We show work, barely perceptible by eye, by ear, by mind, yet unmistakably present.
Village
HD-video with sound
05:14 min.
Men looking at a village.
February 26, 2022.