This series of pictures are based upon the didgeridoo music of David Hudson and the book ?song lines? written by Bruce Chatwin.
They translate a journey back in time, back to the roots, back to myself. In the combination of projections of early childhood pictures of myself upon myself, I started the exploration of what once was, how it was and how it is remembered.
I share the view with you. You should put on some music and dim the lights. The book ?Song Lines? written by Bruce Chatwin, is all about aboriginals and their tradition of finding their way around Australia. Chatwin describes how they have their ?roadmaps? covered in several songs they sing. In the song and with their music, they can find the path that their ancestors followed a long time ago. Of course, with the modern evolution and the faster style of living, this tradition is about to disappear. It was the idea of singing a roadmap and hereby keeping the map existing for generations, that interested me so much. It implicates that by following the song, travelling upon music, one can go back in time by the very same route as many people before had done. It is also interesting that whoever knows the songs and the rhythm of the music, can travel along this same path.
The concept of their traditions in combination with the music of David Hudson was for me the starting point for a journey in my life. Not a real physical trip, but a psychological experience that would give me some insight in me, where I come from and how that I got here where I am now. The preparation of this journey was started in the large selection of these pictures of framed memories of my childhood. A very strong selection of these pictures of myself were projected on parts of my own body. They symbolise the ultimate reflection of the mind upon itself. There can be no circle more perfect than this reflection.
All the resulting pictures of the projections were printed on Ciba Chrome lager format prints (80x120cm) and were presented in a dark room with just spots on the prints. This gives very vibrant colours in a dark room. In the background there was a sound installations playing the didgeridoo music again and again.