Unclosed chronicle

site-specific installation

outside

July-September 2012

Lo10 - Kunstenfestival (Art festival)

Lo, Belgium

Three giants have been stored in an old building in Lo -a little village- in Belgium. They have been forgotten since people stopped their festival more than10 years ago. I want to place the giant from the dirk storage to a playground where always local people and children are gathering. I build a house with a bed for the giant in order to let the giant to have a good sleep among local people. This is a common story of traditional festivals in many local communities in the world. There are many reasons relating changes of life style in present days, and every community has a difficulty to keep their structure handing from past to future. However facing on this situation in Lo, even though their parade has been stopped, the reminding giants are still holding a possibility to create a space for people to re-open the story and the richness of fantasy. From this point of view, I do this project to let it alive and play a wide variety of roles again. An exist story of the giant woman, Marieke - MARIEKE: she's the giant of Lo. She was born in 1986 (26 years old) by the famous cheese-factory of Lo (the factory stopped 20 years ago). She should become the ambassador of the cheese of Lo. She was married in 1987 with the giant PALIETER of the city of Lier. She had one child (the child is stored in the building of a old fire department). In 2001 she got some new clothing by Destrooper (cookies factory). She has never been outdoors since 2003. She is 3m80 tall. 

The giant woman 'Marieke van Loo'

inside of Marieke's skirt

inside of the Marieke's skirt

photographed by Sachi Miyachi