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Week 30: juli/july 18 - 25, 2004
(will remain online permanently)
Curator: Jan Turkenburg
Subject: Le grand tour
echo 30
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Le Grand Tour

In the 17th and 18th century the "grand tour" was a journey that a young man made to complete his education. He would visit al the important European cities to experience their rich culture himself. Once I read a well documented 'grand tour' by Jan Alenszoon in 1723. Every day he wrote down what he had seen, who he had met and especially which music he had heard! In 1987 that's what I had in mind too: Paris, Barcelona, Rome, Venice! And although I never reached those places, I had a great time. I didn't write anything down. I didn't take one single picture, but I had my sony tcs-470 with me and every day I recorded my descriptions of what I had seen, I recorded the voices of the people that I met and the music that some of them made! Most of the cassettes I would send immediately to my friend Eugène in Haarlem. On a few occasions I even edited the sounds at the spot like a radio reporter, when somebody let me use his or her walkman. Almost half of the tapes where lost or erased over the years but here are a few moments for those of you who stay at home this summer: close your eyes and try to see the pictures.
In de 17de en 18de eeuw was de 'grand tour' de reis die een jongeling van stand maakte ter afsluiting van zijn educatie. Zo'n reis voer langs alle belangrijke culturele steden van Europa, met als hoogtepunt Italië. Jan Alenszoon beschreef zijn reis in 1723 uiterst nauwkeurig. Zoiets was ik in 1987 ook van plan, al week ik al snel van mijn reisschema af. Ik schreef echter niets op en schoot geen enkel plaatje. In plaats daarvan nam ik alles wat ik meemaakte op met mijn sony tcs 470. Hier volgt een kleine greep uit ruim dertig uur reisverslag, voor alle thuisblijvers...

1. july 4 - 7
check and double check
buying a ticket
jamming with an old friend in Maastricht
previous in Maastricht
previous in Elst at the youth hostle

2. july 8 - 18
busker
le train à grande vitesse
how to pronounce 'Jacob van Ruysdael'
(does anybody know who my fellow passenger is?)
dinner, jam sessions and bells
on top of the hill
the streets of Besançon

3. july 21 - 22
Scottish Chamber Orchestra rehearsing
old man on bagpipes
pretty girl on violin
hamburgers and morris men
history lesson
Barrel Organ Phil

4. july 23
The Beatle Tour

5. july 25 - 31
Irish evenings

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