Recording a time document.

This woman is reading from a book to the man laying behind her. Every once in a while he lift up his head, when he hasn't understood, to ask her to repeat it. Then he looks at her. For the rest he listenens and she reads. Nice form of communication, especially observed from a distance.

The sun rays break through the holes in the clouds and light up little pieces of the world, as if to bring attention to the really important details.

Sharp corners = sharp photo

When I saw the paper corners hanging loosely like this I felt the need to fold them, make them sharp and clear.

Rome, March 5th 2005

A bus with fogged up windows. All the people sitting by the window are looking out. To be able to see something they've rubbed away a moonshape with their hands. They can look out through the spot they have cleaned. By the form and place of the spot it'spossible to see what they are thinking about.

curved - upright - curved - curved

To shy to ask him directly, I made an animation afterwards of what I wanted him to re-enact in the bus.

A series that i started but that I never finished.

These two pictures were next to each other on my desk coincidentally.

They seem like a combination of the past and the present. Photographed on the same spot, only forty years later.

Maybe she should turn around while the man is writing down her address.

I filmed a man who was simultaneously walking and reading.
This way I captured the world for him that was passing him by.

I tried to ask him if he wanted to keep his paintbrush parallel to the pencil behind his ear. At first I wanted him to do this while painting, but it didn’t work. Then we tried it apart from the act. It’s a pity he’s laughing.

The loosely held pages tremble and move up and down. Through the motion of the subway but also through the natural trembling of the man’s hand and arm.

Show the resemblance between pages and thoughts: first film the loose pages and then move the camera up to his head. Then keep the camera still and focus on his forehead.

The real situation and the shadow of it.
Try out again to analyse the situation.

Man on a bench that's too high.
Dangling feet.
He also made a photo of me. I asked him to. Only he didn't get the point. My dangling legs have been cut off rigorously!

This clip didn't end up in the work " To those that will, ways re not wanting". It stood out from the rest. A pity, because the man demonstrates the function of the passage in style.

You can see the approach in the shape of the fence (and by their knees).

I thought the shape of the sofa matched the way he was sitting. And I like it that the wider a man mostly opens his legs (or how high his knees gets), how higher the pants crawl. 

pressing     sticking     loose
leaning

I love permanent seating arrangements in public spaces. People are forced to sit in a way that's already been thought up by somebody.

I also love improvised seating arrangements.

The people look at something in the distance. Beautiful, the high wall.

Speaking with elbows

These men have their elbows at a set point, their arms lead the conversation.

School in Barcelona

Boys and girls come walking up with rollingcarts. At the gate they fold up the cart and make it into a bookbag. Then they put the bookbag on and they go into the school.
The area around the gate becomes the bordes between rolling carts and bookbags. Some of the children aren't so good at it yet, they just carry the bag in.

This is a good action to use in some sort of way. Maybe for making imaginary borders visible.

I met a man and a woman who were resting on a bench. The woman had short feet. 
They told me they always took the stone along in their car whenever they went on a outing. That way she could always sit with her feet on the stone on the ground

Same wrinkels under his feet
Same wrinkels on the bottle

Shadow line ends exactly at his feet > see elbow in sun

Hij stond op het punt zijn fiets om te draaien.
Schaduw lijnen worden energielijnen.

When I saw this, I thought this could be a start of a new series. Jackets who perfectly matching the distance between the head of man and pavement. The following weeks I saw many men with jackets sitting on the pavement, but never saw it back again in this state of perfection.

Red lines in NYC.
The red lines around the head of the woman are the most personal.

The situation. Trying out, analyzing the situation

Burma, a country with a fast changing society. Here we see a bus control-ler who hangs with his arm out of the broken window of the bus. But this time he caresses the bus, as if it concerns a body - almost sensual. In the context of Burma it means much more. For example, I was not allowed to show this video in Burma in 2011. It was censured by the Burmese censor-ship committee because it symbolized captivity. ‘

Push umbrella against wall, like this the umbrella stays. Hands free for other things.