Diverse winds have been passing through the land all the time, bringing either warmth or freeze, health or diseases, as well as new spirits, thoughts and paths. They carry new stories and legends to places that they cross. The wind has guided different forms of living since the beginning of time, shaping mountains and mixing pollen each new season. But what is the wind itself? An invisible, elusive, immaterial flux that moves, mixes and transfers air from one dimension to another?

In many traditions the wind appears as a creature that helps wanderers to find their way; but where is the line between following the wind and getting lost?

In spring 2022, participants Alëna Koleso (credited at the time as Alena Kolesnikova) and Daniel Godinez Nivón engaged in various listening practices and walks to follow the wind and its manifestations.

Concept and programming: Alëna Koleso, Daniel Godinez Nivón
Sound performances: Ute Wassermann, Hmot, Broshuda
Workshops: Erik Lindner, Frank Selten, Daniel Godinez Nivón
Photography, publication: Alëna Koleso. Risograph, edition of 123
Medium: walking, listening practices, field research, sound performance, photography 
Programme: Jan van Eyck Academie, In-Lab
Location: Maastricht, the Netherlands
Year: 2022

Jan van Eyck Academie – Getting Lost with the Wind