ZOË D'HONT

Symphony of a thousand frogs

2024, self-published

The publication is the documentation and reflection on a work period in Japan and two exhibitions (Kyoto and Rotterdam). In addition to images of the works and exhibitions, the publication includes a written interview by Lenny van Gent, in which the intangible value of this journey is discussed. The documentation in book form is accompanied by an auditory carrier, containing sound recordings made by Zoë during her stay in Japan. They are composed and arranged in such a way that they give an impression of the physical practice of attentive listening and the attunement between subject and environment.

Chūmon,

2023, self-published

The publication concludes a year of working in the Japanese tea garden of Shofukan Rotterdam. In a short story accompanied by drawings, seasons pass by through the framework of the chūmon, the middle gate that separates the tea garden from the outer garden. The movements through the garden, and the subtle observations that follow, breathe wandering at a place over a longer period of time.

Edition of 25, Dutch, 20 euro (available)

Ruisdeeltjes / Noise Particles

2022, self-published i.c.w. Lenny van Gent

This publication is developed as a parallel project next to the work Noise Spectrum.

Zoë d'Hont invited writer Lenny van Gent to create a fictive story for each colour of noise, to lead the viewer into the different sound worlds. Each part guides us to a different frequency of existence. Eight colours, eight stories, eight spacetimes, in which reality slowly bends and nostalgia transforms into alienation. These stories are presented in a book accompanied by drawings from the artist.

With the kind support of Stichting Niemeijer Fonds and Jump! Talenthub.

Edition of 100, Dutch / English, 20 euro (available)

Tuin No(ta)ties (MasterThesis), 2019

A research on Japanese gardens, which compositions reflect an investigation into the relationship between man and nature and the paradox that this subject entails. These gardens control the uncontrollable, they compose the random, create static forms of fluidity and dominate in giving support. Out of this research, the conditions arise to create new timespaces, where the material and the immaterial become balanced.

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