I am looking at her looking at them looking at me
January ‘22
60' Audiowalk
This audio walk - part fiction, part fact, part memories and abstractions - is set between Romania and the Netherlands, as well as the places the listener walks through as they listen to the three sonic chapters.
I was interested in how stories of seasonal work abroad give shape to the landscape, the architecture, the habits, the food and the conversations in the village of my childhood summers. It might sound personal, it is definitely not uncommon.
Documentation of the research in the Netherlands and Romania was presented during the Seasonal Neighbors exhibition Our Invisible Hands (2020) in Z33 Museum, BE.
writing, rural, audiowalk
I was interested in how stories of seasonal work abroad give shape to the landscape, the architecture, the habits, the food and the conversations in the village of my childhood summers. It might sound personal, it is definitely not uncommon.
Documentation of the research in the Netherlands and Romania was presented during the Seasonal Neighbors exhibition Our Invisible Hands (2020) in Z33 Museum, BE.
writing, rural, audiowalk
Seasonal Matters Rural Relation
(Field)notes on rhythms, rituals and cohabitation
June ‘24
What if we reconsider contemporary rural challenges through relationships rather than oppositions? Based on seasonal work experiences, Seasonal Matters Rural Relations delves into the realm of contemporary agriculture and European labour migration.
Through a variety of discursive formats, ranging from essays and interviews to drawings and recipes, this book explores the socio-political implications on rhythms, rituals, and cohabitation in Europe's countryside. Seasonal Matters Rural Relations encourages a layered conversation between agricultural workers, engaged citizens, artists, and designers.
With contributions by: Claire Chassot, Jonathan De Maeyer, Anastasia Eggers, Fernando Garcia-Dory (Inland), Ciel Grommen, Pia Jacques, Carolien Lubberhuizen, Ioana Lupascu, Sébastian Marot, Karolina Michalik, Yacinth Pos, Caroline Profanter, Maximiliaan Royakkers, Ines Marita Schaerer, Arnd Spahn, Mona Thijs and Ewoud Vermote. Editor: Anastasia Eggers, Ils Huygens Author: Seasonal Neighbours Graphic: Bonsma & Reist Publisher: Onomatopee
writing, rural, book
Through a variety of discursive formats, ranging from essays and interviews to drawings and recipes, this book explores the socio-political implications on rhythms, rituals, and cohabitation in Europe's countryside. Seasonal Matters Rural Relations encourages a layered conversation between agricultural workers, engaged citizens, artists, and designers.
With contributions by: Claire Chassot, Jonathan De Maeyer, Anastasia Eggers, Fernando Garcia-Dory (Inland), Ciel Grommen, Pia Jacques, Carolien Lubberhuizen, Ioana Lupascu, Sébastian Marot, Karolina Michalik, Yacinth Pos, Caroline Profanter, Maximiliaan Royakkers, Ines Marita Schaerer, Arnd Spahn, Mona Thijs and Ewoud Vermote. Editor: Anastasia Eggers, Ils Huygens Author: Seasonal Neighbours Graphic: Bonsma & Reist Publisher: Onomatopee
writing, rural, book
Fruiting Bodies
w/Maoyi Qui
Sound installation in 4 chapters, 12'55''
May ‘22
The installation is a sonic exploration of the interconnectedness of taste, desire, and decay. It draws inspiration from mycelium structures as a means to distribute and disturb communication channels between learned experiences, interactive reactions, and conclusions regarding contemporary food consumption, cravings, and taste.
Formally, the site-specific installation is a choreography of interwoven networks of cables embedded into the landscape of the botanical garden in Bergamo. Four sonic chapters are accessible via a multi-point splitter for headphones. Earbuds dressed in fungi shapes leak sonic content into the space. The audience is invited to connect and disconnect from the extended structures while noticing the surrounding environment.
Text: Ioana Lupascu
Sound Composition: Maoyi Qui
Voice: Lacey Verhalen, Nash Caldera, Afrang Malekian
Photos by Maoyi Qui
* The project text takes inspiration from the following texts: T is for Taste, Colleen C. Myles, musings food feminism fermentation, Bubbling Bodies and Queer Microbes : Dispatches from the Foundation for Fermenting Fervor by Stephanie Maroney & SE Nash, Something That's Dead by Jessica Bebenek. * Photos by Maoyi Qui
audio installation, food, collaboration
Formally, the site-specific installation is a choreography of interwoven networks of cables embedded into the landscape of the botanical garden in Bergamo. Four sonic chapters are accessible via a multi-point splitter for headphones. Earbuds dressed in fungi shapes leak sonic content into the space. The audience is invited to connect and disconnect from the extended structures while noticing the surrounding environment.
Text: Ioana Lupascu
Sound Composition: Maoyi Qui
Voice: Lacey Verhalen, Nash Caldera, Afrang Malekian
Photos by Maoyi Qui
* The project text takes inspiration from the following texts: T is for Taste, Colleen C. Myles, musings food feminism fermentation, Bubbling Bodies and Queer Microbes : Dispatches from the Foundation for Fermenting Fervor by Stephanie Maroney & SE Nash, Something That's Dead by Jessica Bebenek. * Photos by Maoyi Qui
audio installation, food, collaboration
at the edge of the garden there is a promise and the horizon holding the end of day
May ‘21
What practices of care can we create for places that exist only at a distance?
workshop, publication, walk
workshop, publication, walk
