MESSAGES LEFT BEHIND
We all feel the need not to stay unnoticed. The need to leave something behind, a sign. A proof of the fact that we were there. A sign for others that we were where they are now. Or a sign for others to let them know that we think of them.
In MESSAGES LEFT BEHIND I start from this fact; I leave 'messages' behind, by means of pieces of textile; rags, patches of cloth.
Every piece of cloth has its own history; ones it was a piece of a dress, a curtain, a tablecloth. It ones has served its turn that way.
Ones casted off, these rags carry that piece of history within. Not always visible, but still perceptible. Like a report on a trip.
These textile rags I leave behind; I fix them in bushes, attach them to branches. This way I leave a 'message' behind for those who will come later. Like a trip from the oblivion.
MESSAGES LEFT BEHIND is an installation that arises through the days. I start by leaving textile rags and let myself be guided by what occurs; do I get reactions from people that see me doing it?
Do people want to help me? Do people want to add their own 'messages'? Do people want to give me their opinion on how I should or should not attach them?
Or does nobody speak to me? Am I noticed at all?
What occurs defines the way that the MESSAGES LEFT BEHIND will eventually manifest.
I left MESSAGES on the Ecofestival Landen in Amsterdam, octobre 2013.