In 2018, I carried out the FreiRaum project in Marseille and Bucharest.Below is the intro text written for the occasion. I hadn't read it again, and so to speak "forgot".It would take a long time to explain the scope of the resonances that are to be found there today. I certainly did not yet know the depth or the power of individual and collective memories - the work by Philippe Sieca, as such, is an immense nugget, a precious key - nor of course the physical scope of the confinement referred to. Without knowing it, this last one will have pushed me - like many of us, this is far from being an isolated case - to an intense reflection on the topics discussed, and more still. A long journey where past, present and future are in perpetual dialogue, where Art rubs shoulders with Sciences, Psychology, Synchronicities, Philosophy and many others. One door opening another, always.This is the 3rd strong meeting in the space of a few months with a past work - Low High Ends & Remember Istanbul / Constantinople have amply opened the way - where I realize with a few years apart that the world I thought I was observing, is in fact in perpetual dialogue, in perpetual mirror, a guide and teacher of incredible richness.This period will have destabilized more than one, and it is always complex to take a distance from the constraints of time, nevertheless I have no doubt that our view of the world is a profound vector of influence and therefore, ultimately, change.From oneself to oneself, and therefore from oneself to the other. Whoever this Other is.It’s a time of great change, both visible and invisible, and I have been able to see immensely beautiful things happening through my own lens, noting the positive changes. I will try to share the glasses on a more regular basis. As mentioned a short while ago, this is the basis of everything.
//
This summer, the Goethe-Institut in Brussels invited me to travel to two cities involved in the Freiraum project : Marseille and Bucharest. This in order to discover realities there, meet people and discuss about freedom. Energy, patience, observation and intuition were necessary to approach these cities, cultures, characters, etc. from scratch but, as I often say, that's where richness and encounters are to be found. It's a huge pleasure to be able to share this personal view on both cities and announce that Part I. Marseille, is now online. I hope this will give a rich insight to these complex & beautiful places --Below is an introduction to the project. Texts are in German & English. ---freedomˈfriːdəm/noun1. the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants.2. the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.Though freedom can be defined from an universal point of vue, it’s one of the most intimate concept. Represented under very diverse forms following the environment, past and present times, as well as the personal and collective memory. If as such it opposes confinement, it’s necessary to understand the latter, literally and symbolically in order to visualise the possibility to self-determination in relation to ones history, situation and other trials hindering everyone's personal development.Bucharest and Marseille are complex yet passionating places. Surprisingly complementary in their visible and invisible interstices, adressing one’s past was as troubled as the other’s future. Or likely, adressing one’s future as richful as the stories told about the other’s past.During these times of division, rather than focusing on fears and differences is the importance and richness to empower cultural diversity. Goethe Institute’s FreiRaum project tends to take people’s doubts seriously without giving up on the idea of European unity.
germansingergirl
areudirty
jacobvanloon
2087
blakekathryn
prguitarman
romaincrisis
janainaart
vaporwave