(re)action: the survivor of henri chapelle
digital assemblage, 2006-2010, thonbeuse
(re)action: the survivor of henri chapelle - : about
We are collecting material around soldiers/soldiers life in war and peace - our mounting plate in this digital assemblage is the american soldiers cemetery near henri chapelle. Henri
Chapelle is a little village near Liege (Luik). A large WW II soldiers
memorial is located near that village. The neverending rows of crosses
and solomon's seals are forming a military order which reclaims the
death body of the soldiers as a symbol.The cemetry seems to be a part of a
military concept. The militarypower which was at site sometime ago left
back a graveyard to it's memory. Maybe this cemetry tells us more about
the power behind it than it does about the destiny of every single
soldier. (re)action: the survivor of henri chapelle I : roll call of death
The neverending rows of crosses and solomon's seals are forming a military order which reclaims the death body of the soldiers as a symbol. You are a soldier - if you loose your life in the battlefield you stay a soldier beyond your death, maybe if you survive you could make your peace outside the military order. The military administration reclaims the cold meat of the soldier. Who is this limping man walking besides the graves, who is this limping man walking through the roll call of death?(re)action: the survivor of henri chapelle II :can you answer all these questions - quiz
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In the "Memorial" you find a little paper with a quiz for children. This Quiz explains in form of questions some aspects of the Henri Chapelle Memorial. You must find certain graves, you learn something about medals of honor etc. Can you answer all these questions?
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Dieser Quiz führt zu verschiedenen Gräbern, erklärt fragend die Bedeutung von Rangabzeichen und Medaillien. Von seiner Machart her richtet er sich an Kinder. Kannst du all diese Fragen beantworten?(re)action: the survivor of henri chapelle III : "Face Value" and social/topographic randomizing
All this randomizing and de.individualizing of "Henri Chapelle American Cemetery" - what is missing are faces. Of course you know Johan van der Keuken a documentarist and photographer from the Netherlands. Keuken did a really good documentation called "Face Value". This is a realistic and poetic movie, it is about the value of faces and facing, it is also a description of an imaginary europe, a europe with london, prag, marseille, rochlitz und delfzijl as landmarks in the north, east, south, west of europe.(re)action: the survivor of henri chapelle IV: Maybe he´s in love (Valentine 1937)
Maybe he´s in love (Valentine 1937) -