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| Villers-La-Ville |
Villers-la-Ville is an abbey constructed in 1146 in the Walloon region of Belgium. Abandoned in 1796, this former abbey of Cistercian monks has served as the backdrop for various events and has become a tourist attraction in the Belgian kingdom since then. (Yes, it is the setting you observed in the Sense8 series.) Notably, Victor Hugo visited it three times!
I had the opportunity to explore this abbey in 2002 and returned later to make some sketches of the tombstones that were present. As a devoted enthusiast of the Romanesque and Gothic periods, I couldn't pass up the chance to observe them on the ground. (Certainly, I did not take anything, and the sketches I made did not impact the surface of the tombstones.)
I created the following series with the concept of envisioning a meeting between two beings who traverse a segment of a journey within a series of routes, only to eventually diverge onto different and unique paths.
The photographs presented here were captured using analog negatives (film) and then scanned for the final printing.
Allow me to share the narrative behind these images...
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| Injured but standing. |
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| We learn from our battles and then regenerate. |
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| To coincide |
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We meet each other ...
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| We correct old mistakes and share medicines... |
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We learn again
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| We appreciate the time we shared. |
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In this place...
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| We leave flowers planted... |
Thank you. ;)
RSR
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| Selfportrait Villers-La-Ville 2005. Digital. |
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| Retablo Villers-La-Ville 2012 Paper/MDF 90X240cms |
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