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 noticed outside,
and recorded it with a sound 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.


Mono digital audio file, reversed fragment of 60:00 min

Passing, three parts

Saint-Symphorien, France,
May 20234K video, with sound.
03.27 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.

Slate and cork

Llauro, France
11 may 2023

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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.

La Têt 2: Rope

Perpignan, France
10 May 2023
in collaboration with Martine Viale

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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.

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)

Logs

Bonin, Lac de Panneciere, France
May 2023


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