m e a n w h i l e

300 pages 23.8 x 15.5 cm
with many photos of my artworks in color
edition 100
38 euros excluding shipping costs
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On foot, from the flat lowlands of the Netherlands, crossing the high mountains, to a small village in southern Switzerland where I had worked as an artist in residence for three months in 2010. Standing on the balcony, I often imagined myself coming over the mountains. It took seven years before I set the first steps and another seven years before I finally arrived.
A faltering journey due to health problems with myself and in the world, with corona paralyzing everything.

Forced to mindwalk, it becomes an inner journey. I notice how memories can interfere with reality and that observations are not necessarily true. How my body is an ecosystem in itself, subject to the same laws of nature as all other manifestations of life. If biological processes in the body even in- fluence thought, to what extent can you still be autonomous in your decisions? Are scientists looking into this, and how is it depicted? I register at a university medical center to become a test subject for a brain scientist.

In the meantime, I immerse myself in the history of ‘going’. From nomadic hunter/gatherer to farmer. From medieval professional pilgrim to ‘the right to roam’. From protest march to sponsored walk. A continuing story, even after I stop moving or will no longer be there