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Bastiaan Woudt
HENRO — published by 1605 Collective — is now available for pre-order. Books will ship out as of Monday the 30th In March 2024, my brother and I travelled to Shikoku, Japan. We brought bicycles and cameras. We did not bring a plan.
Shikoku is home to one of the oldest pilgrimage routes in the world — 88 Buddhist temples connected by more than 1,200 kilometres of mountain roads, forest paths, and coastal stretches. The route has been walked since 815. People keep returning to it, looking for something they cannot name in advance. We were not pilgrims in the traditional sense. But somewhere along the way, the journey became something I had not expected. A rhythm took hold — wake, pack, move, arrive, rest, repeat. In that rhythm, my usual way of seeing stopped working. The instincts I had built over years felt like the wrong instrument for this particular road.
Something shifted around the halfway point. I started looking differently. Not at the obvious. Not at the decisive moment. At what was just before or just after it. The images that came back are fragments. More like memory than fact. The book collects this work and it will be presented at the opening on March 27 — the first time this project is shown publicly.
Opening & Book Launch — Friday, March 27 16:00–19:00 · Official moment: 17:00 Hazenkoog 9 · 1822 BS Alkmaar, Netherlands RSVP is still open. [Reserve your spot →] RSVP The exhibition will remain on view in my studio in the days that follow. If you cannot make the opening, you are welcome to visit during one of the viewing moments below. Registration is required for all dates. Weekend viewing — Saturday March 28 & Sunday March 29 Sat 11:00–15:00 · Sun 13:00–17:00 [Register →] RSVP Week viewing — March 31 to April 3 Daily 13:00–17:00 [Register →] RSVP If this resonated, pass it along. Invite your friends and earn rewardsIf you enjoy Studio Notes, share it with your friends and earn rewards when they subscribe.
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