Category Archives: Works

Junction


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The camera moves along four paths at a junction in the forest near Hautefort, France.
At the same time, through a phone call Adrian describes what they observe
as they make an equal movement at the intersection of two roads in Chicago
during the morning rush hour.
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Someplace else

Someplace Else is a durational walk for two performers in two very different places. Adrian Wood and Frans Van Lent take a walk in their respective cities – Chicago, IL and Rotterdam, the Netherlands – taking turns calling one another to report their surroundings. While one reports what they/he sees, hears and smells from standing still in their location, the other walks and listens. They trade off, creating a rhythm of phone calls that punctuate the durational 90 minute sound walk performance.
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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 audio file in reverse. Continue reading

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