Have We Been Here Before / To Remember, We Will Move That Mountain
performance and soundpiece | 1 hour 39 minutes
december 2020
part of exhibition Carol Santa Fe at Utrecht Centraal Station
performers: Emilia Veld van Nouhuys and Fien Brakkee
performers: Emilia Veld van Nouhuys and Fien Brakkee
we moved a mountain of sand.
with our hands.
with our hands.
a performance and soundscape about slowing down and paying attention.
through repetition we wanted to explore remembering, reflecting and the passing of time.
in a space of rush we wished to take our time to just be.
through repetition we wanted to explore remembering, reflecting and the passing of time.
in a space of rush we wished to take our time to just be.
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in an empty shell of a room - concrete floor and no walls,
sand was gathered in a form of a small mountain.
a speaker in the corner of the space echoed a seemingly neutral sound,
guiding the viewer and the performer into a focus.
sand was gathered in a form of a small mountain.
a speaker in the corner of the space echoed a seemingly neutral sound,
guiding the viewer and the performer into a focus.
moving at a slow pace, we wanted to take as long as we needed to gather all the sand from one mountain and make a new one just about 2,5 meters away. at the end, we gathered the top of the new mountain and put it in a small glass bottle.
