The Events Between the Events (2017)
The Events Between the Events (2017) 1 channel video, 13’11, screenshots, video screening and presentation VHDG,2018, Leeuwarden, Publication RELAY, paper, design by Matthijs Walhout, Thesis: The Events between the Events on Academia.edu“I took the stone from her hands and examined it for a little while, considering throwing it over the edge of the cliff. Whilst still in my hands the stone became as an object locked away behind glass. A curiosity at which you would glimpse at as a child, barely tall enough to reach the shelf carrying it. I looked at my grandmother’s kind face and noticed she had dark brown hair I had never seen in real life. Once, she was a breathing person and now she only exists as a memory, resigning agency to the imagination of the ones who are still living. A mere memory of her physicality and legacy, eroded by time as the steep rock walls before us, her reality slowly reclaimed within myself.” (narrative from The Events Between The Events, video, 2017)
The video essay ‘the events between the events’ is a research project following the footsteps of Napoleon through Europe, from Mount Saint Peter in Maastricht to the Italian Alps, in order to unravel and understand the current stituation of Europe . This research project takes the form of a personal journey through different layers and voices from history.
The video essay ‘the events between the events’ is a research project following the footsteps of Napoleon through Europe, from Mount Saint Peter in Maastricht to the Italian Alps, in order to unravel and understand the current stituation of Europe . This research project takes the form of a personal journey through different layers and voices from history.
