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Megado 

2022

Wood, Lacquer 250x02 cm

An interactive installation of giant wooden Mikado sticks, to be played with minimum four people. 

Oh, it’s a disgrace
To see the human-race
In a rat race !
Het noëma van het spel.
Wat is een spelend spel en
wie zijn daarvoor nodig?
De eenvoud van het spel. De vluchtigheid van het spel.
De fragiliteit van het moment.
De gedachtes achter concentratie.
Wat verschuilt zich daarin? Hoe ver- houden we ons tegenover elkaar tijdens het spel?
De spelende mens speelt zijn cultuur.

Samen-werking.
Vals-spel. Mythologische vormen die zich verschuilen
achter zwart en witte geometrische blokjes
die zomaar kunnen breken.
Evenals de mens.
Opgebouwd uit kralen
die blijven rollen.


Performed at: 
Blauwe Veld, Arnhem

De Tempel, Amsterdam

De Ceuvel, Amsterdam
Maakhaven, The Hague 

© 2023 by Lois Richard 

Where the Salt Meets the Sky, and Time Holds Its Breath塩が空と出会い、時間が息を⽌める場所 2024

The starting point is an oddly shaped window frame, which finds its origin in The Netherlands, my home country. Last month in Takeo I stumbled upon a shape behind a window which was similar to the Dutch frames and decided to make this shape into a window frame as well. Connecting theDutch and Japanese shapes which could stand for the way privacy is valued, a way to keep themosquitos away or even gentrification. I decided to incorporate the semi-transparent traditionalJapanese Washi paper into the frames referring to the Japanese shoji screens. Covering the paperwith white herons which in Japanese mythology are able to traverse across the three elements:earth, air and water. And as an opposite depicting blue herons symbolizing long life, solitude butalso tragedy or loss. Blue herons are also widely known in the streets of Amsterdam, the citywhere I was born and raised, stealing fish on the local market or posing for tourists in front of thefamous Anne Frank House. Whereas the white heron is an exceptional bird in the Netherlands andyou are lucky to have seen one. Here in Japan they are my mysterious neighbors standing in therice fields and flying into the horizon.

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