Along the Segura,
I walked upstream
carrying two 5-litre containers of drinking water.
Blanca, Spain
10 November 2021
b/w-photo
Related to:
Up Stream (2016)
Author Archives: Frans van Lent
Stone and ball
From the street the artist throws a stone into the gallery,
from the gallery the curator throws a ball into the street.
Performed on 6 November, 2021
at FantastikLab, Valencia, Spain.
Curator: E.Torrecilla.
10/04/2021-17:29
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untitled (2021)
One-screen installation.
HD-video loop, with sound
Please keep sound-volume low!
In the fast-flowing Río Segura,
I have placed a bucket weighted with stones,
to create a place of solidity, rest and stillness.
The work was made at AADK, Blanca, Spain, during a residency in October/November, 2021.
Chair Festival
October 20, 2021
17:30-20:00
Artez University,
MA performance practices
Location: Theatrium 2,
Onderlangs 9,
6812 CE Arnhem, Netherlands
Performance at the DfbrL8r, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
photo © Vela Oma
Memory Allocation
In the Parque De Las Cuevas (38° 10′ 36″ N 1° 22′ 06″ W) in Blanca, Spain, there is an empty semi-circle of sand measuring about 60 by 30 metres. At the outer edge of the semicircle are ten benches, arranged in groups of four, two, three and one. The benches face the centre of the space. Between and beside these groups of benches, there are five straight walkways, which are directed towards the centre like radials. The Rio Segura runs along the flat side of the semicircle.
A Scene
A Scene #32 – #1
On this website and on Facebook I announce small events that will take place at a certain location and at a certain moment in the near future.
Everybody is invited to be at the exact spot at the exact time to contribute to the scene with his/her own simultaneous activity (or inactivity).
A Scene #32: back and forth
30 October, 2021.
I am standing on a bridge over the Río Segura in Ojos (38° 08′ 58″ N 1° 20′ 22″ W), Spain.
At the same time, G. is standing on another bridge over the Río Segura, in Blanca (38° 10′ 46″ N 1° 22′ 41″ W), 7 km upstream. Our phones are on speakerphone and the volume is on maximum.
At 2.20 pm (CEST) I call G.
She picks up. We don’t speak a word, but keep the line open.
We point our phones down at the fast-flowing water under the bridges.
Ten minutes later, at 2.30 pm, we disconnect.
In collaboration with Giuli Grippo.
AADK / SPAIN
Residency at AADK, Blanca, Murcia, Spain
October – November 2021
The working title of my research project will be:
Subjective topography, space as a diary.
It will be developed as part of the AADK-project: Body, Territory and Spatiality.
Staan, watching waters flow
while travelling in a southerly direction:
seven times ten minutes
standing in a frozen position
arms beside my body,
watching waters flow.
Blanca, Rio Segura
La Biennale de Momon Symposium
Auditorium Dordrechts Museum
September 19 2021
photos © Nico Parlevliet
To conclude the La Biennale de Momon project,
a symposium took place at September 19 2021,
in the auditorium of the Dordrecht Museum, Dordrecht (NL)
All participating artists presented their works and approached to the project
and a collective performance ‘Visual Works by Verbal Means’.
Added to the symposium programme was a lecture of Ruud Akse,
founder and artistic director of NP3 and core lecturer at Frank Mohr Institute,
about the meaning of the project theme within his professional environment.