Rita Hoofwijk is heading to New York at the start of this month. To the building where someone invented the fax. The earth’s energy lines are strong there. It’s a place of ideas, encounters, and art.
It’s quite a bit of important to have spaces like this one, in this day and age.
Upon arrival at the Watermill Center, an email or some kind of digital form will be sent to the Groningen authorities. Dearest province, we would like to listen to the land of Groningen. We’d like to do it in this and this manner. We want to probe depths and place an ear on shifting ground. May we? And also, we want to feel our way. We’d like that too.
Exactly one year from now, in May 2026, audiences can visit Soundings in Northern Groningen. You’ll cycle through the Groningen landscape to nine installation-like works that let the land pass through you.