Proposal
On
December 4,
At
dawn,
When
birds will sing for the sunrise,
I
will go and enter in silence at 8, avenue de Visé in Boisfort.
In a
house emptied of its old inhabitants,
In the solitude of a
room,
I’ll read Eloge of silence without a
voice.
I'll count the number of words "silence",
"silences", "silently" ...
I'll
extract them from the book.
Until this one empties itself of
his/its silence/s.
Until this/these silence/s take shape
differently in space.
It
will be the end.
End
of a day in silence.
This action is part of Pssst- a worldwide performance festival for silence and be silent, conceptualized and curated by Stefan US
Description of the action
8.05 am:
Starting of the book's reading : « Eloge du silence » written by M.de Smedt
Cutting the silence in 2 steps :
1. right-hand pages from the beginning to the end
2. left-hand pages from the end to beginning.
Each word « silence » (or related to silene) is cutted, counted in a small notebook, placed on a wood's plate.
End of action : 06.25pm
ps: one mistake was done once during the cutting: the word "parler";)
Visual traces
Photos © Béatrice Didier & Evamaria Schaller
