Brilliant Absence - Persuing the Kingfisher in the work of Hans Mark Singleton Hannah Proctor

Hannah Proctor

Unmittelbar dringen sie in das Ohr ein und machen auf lebensweltliche Phänomene aufmerksam

A connective thread is the recurring presence of sound—audible

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Brilliant Absence - Persuing the Kingfisher in the work of Hans Mark Singleton Hannah ProctorOn an October day in 1982 the Dutch artist Hans Waanders witnessed a kingfisher flying across a small pond near the river Maas. This singular moment prompted an extended quest for the elusive bird that persisted for the remaining nineteen years of his life. Waanders pursuit of the kingfisher became an expansive endeavour that both adopted and subverted methods of archiving, classification, mapping, and etymology. Taking a global approach to the