videoperformance, 2021
1’33”
‘to the Absent Audience’
with seven leaves of an unknown tree in Aokigahara Jukai,
branches of a Wisteria, Tarpaulin blue bodypaint and iron frame
AIR 3331/ 3331 Arts Chiyoda, artistresidence in Tokyo, Japan (October 2019)
Marie Julia Bollansee, concept, performance, camera, bodypaint, edit, sound
Sayuri FUJII, road compagnion
I kept these seven leaves when roaming Aokigahara Jukai, the forest at the
foot of Mount Fuji in Japan. And in the garden at home I cut back the
meandering branches of the wisteria that strangle the cherry-tree.
Wisteria is called ‘Fuji’ in its country of origin Japan and ‘Blauwe Regen’ in
Dutch.