As Far As Your Tortoise Goes

Rie Nakajima (JP)

This site specific project has been tailored to the Ixelles Cemetery. Located in Ixelles in the southern part of Brussels, this cemetery is one of the major cemeteries in Belgium as it contains the graves of a number of famous Belgian personalities. As Far As Your Tortoise Goes includes compositions of sounds, objects and images that need to be experienced in the unique environment of the site. The work has been initially inspired by the grave of Marcel Broodthaers: he is buried at the Ixelles Cemetery under a tombstone of his own design. With this project, Rie Nakajima intends to observe the relationship between the physical and non-physical as well as the objective and subjective matters in our lives.

[lang_nl]De Begraafplaats van Elsene vormt het decor van dit locatiegebonden project. As Far As Your Tortoise Goes bevat gecomponeerde geluiden, voorwerpen en beelden die men hier moet beleven. Geïnspireerd door het graf van Marcel Broodthaers, onderzoekt Rie Nakajima de relatie tussen het fysieke en niet-fysieke, alsook tussen de objectieve en subjectieve aspecten van het leven.[/lang_nl]

[lang_fr]Le Cimetière d’Ixelles forme le décor de ce projet sur site. As Far As Your Tortoise Goes comprend des sons composés, des objets et des images à vivre ici. Inspiré par la tombe de Marcel Broodthaers, Rie Nakajima étudie le rapport entre le matériel et l’immatériel, ainsi qu’entre les aspects objectifs et subjectifs de la vie.[/lang_fr]

appearance at Tuned City
Brussels / Situational Listening – 29. June 2013