BENN

Ripeness/ impregnate/ pregnant/ depregnate/ the physical revolution as a dancer/ the inner journey of the photographer/ susceptibility to stones, fossils, minerals/ I feel the woman, the child, the human being/ earthing/ the body melts and disappears into matter in the surroundings/ different emotions can/ a certain frame of mind is necessary/ which emotion is evoked by rain?/ the head, the torso, the legs are worlds unto themselves/ this goes beyond pose/ as fragments decentralised/ this is not a portrait/ focal points that are not normally there/ framework/ accent/ the surroundings talk/ questions are being asked/ the body and the non-daily function/ the hand talks the foot talks/ distortion/ how complex is the mind/ the imaginary line reaches everywhere/ everything is possible!/ however: one should be strict/ one should be very alert/ this requires concentration/ madness in a healthy way/ the photographer is dancer/ is clear/ is open to/ one sees hears feels smells tastes everything concentrated/ conscious/ we work with the feedback/ unification in clarity/ the dance is complex/ face and body are out of the ordinary/ photographs tell the dance blends/ there is movement amongst movement/ there is space amongst everything/ the idea and that what is outside it/ the unnamable/ photograph while dancing/ even titles do not name what is amongst the things/ what is before and what is after/ what is blurred and sharp and blurred/ the universal character of things/ light!!!/ the cycle of life/ in truth/ in revolution/ externally fast internally slow/ dance the ultimate dance/ think and do/ together/ portray the depth and superficiality of the mind/ the concentrated dance makes the mind take over the body and vice versa/ let everything come up and follow/ very concentrated from one dance movement into the other/ it is the attitude one dances with/ one watches oneself from the outside to the inside/ the dance with the closed eye/ this is not exotic!/ learn, be quiet and imitate/invite the ant / concentrate/ steer the other/ steer your body/ as if blindfolded/ the truth cannot be danced or photographed/ Ithaka in thoughts/ pure dance does not portray anything/ it’s not simple/ it’s complex/ this is where it becomes art/ you connect with many themes/ you direct yourself/ allow what comes up/ beware: you can’t allow everything/ labels don’t fit here/ the result touches/ be open and susceptible/ the voice speaks sounds and poems/ we want to communicate/ look at photo-graphs by your own rhythm/ look (at it) repeatedly/ to translate slowly/ look at the obvious cliché with apprehension/ let go of those inhibitions/ look with new eyes/
Emilie dances Benn photographs

Vlaamse Primitieven, installation, Emilie deVlam together with Michelle Adriaense, 2005 Photograph BENN, En Route

		Emilie dances Benn photographs





















		Emilie dances Benn photographs in close colaboration with the dancer Emilie de Vlam Ripeness/ impregnate/ pregnant/ depregnate/ the physical revolution as a dancer/ the inner journey of the photographer/ susceptibility to stones, fossils, minerals/ I feel the woman, the child, the human being/ earthing/ the body melts and disappears into matter in the surroundings/ different emotions can/ a certain frame of mind is necessary/ which emotion is evoked by rain?/ the head, the torso, the legs are worlds unto themselves/ this goes beyond pose/ as fragments decentralised/ this is not a portrait/ focal points that are not normally there/ framework/ accent/ the surroundings talk/ questions are being asked/ the body and the non-daily function/ the hand talks the foot talks/ distortion/ how complex is the mind/ the imaginary line reaches everywhere/ everything is possible!/ however: one should be strict/ one should be very alert/ this requires concentration/ madness in a healthy way/ the photographer is dancer/ is clear/ is open to/ one sees hears feels smells tastes everything concentrated/ conscious/ we work with the feedback/ unification in clarity/ the dance is complex/ face and body are out of the ordinary/ photographs tell the dance blends/ there is movement amongst movement/ there is space amongst everything/ the idea and that what is outside it/ the unnamable/ photograph while dancing/ even titles do not name what is amongst the things/ what is before and what is after/ what is blurred and sharp and blurred/ the universal character of things/ light!!!/ the cycle of life/ in truth/ in revolution/ externally fast internally slow/ dance the ultimate dance/ think and do/ together/ portray the depth and superficiality of the mind/ the concentrated dance makes the mind take over the body and vice versa/ let everything come up and follow/ very concentrated from one dance movement into the other/ it is the attitude one dances with/ one watches oneself from the outside to the inside/ the dance with the closed eye/ this is not exotic!/ learn, be quiet and imitate/invite the ant / concentrate/ steer the other/ steer your body/ as if blindfolded/ the truth cannot be danced or photographed/ Ithaka in thoughts/ pure dance does not portray anything/ it’s not simple/ it’s complex/ this is where it becomes art/ you connect with many themes/ you direct yourself/ allow what comes up/ beware: you can’t allow everything/ labels don’t fit here/ the result touches/ be open and susceptible/ the voice speaks sounds and poems/ we want to communicate/ look at photo-graphs by your own rhythm/ look (at it) repeatedly/ to translate slowly/ look at the obvious cliché with apprehension/ let go of those inhibitions/ look with new eyes/ Emilie dances Benn photographs
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