LIGHT

video performance, 2003
duration 33’57”, clip 2’07”
camera Jim Bollansée

Dusk, the fire is smouldering, the artist stirs it up. It begins to sputter and spark, waking up petrified life. The sounds of the day quiet down, songbirds, the ice-cream cart, peacocks, a barking dog… Only the woman keeps on humming after the silence of the night has fallen.