{"id":6086,"title":"Forêt Noire","dimensions":"12 x 18.5 cm, 123 p, language:French, publisher: Paris: P.O.L. éditeur, ISBN: 978-2818014851","date_begin":"2012-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2025/217","stream_count_app":24,"permalink":"foret-noire","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/013/364/large/ForetNoire.jpg?1354134846","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e This book is about the ghosts that haunt our memories. The text is an incomplete inventory of stories that recur with both familiarity and a certain regularity about the disappearance of people Val\u0026eacute;rie Mr\u0026eacute;jen either knew or heard say of from others. There is also a stroll through the streets of her neighbourhood with a woman\u0026rsquo;s spirit, but they are unable to catch up on things because too much time has gone by and the gap between them is too deep. Val\u0026eacute;rie Mr\u0026eacute;jen wrote this text in reference to the beginnings of the series *Six Feet Under* (that she quotes once) and also to a sentence in Mirelle Havet\u0026rsquo;s journal of 1918: \u0026ldquo;\u0026hellip; and I am as full of the dead as a crypt, full of memories and dreams\u0026hellip;\u0026rdquo; *For\u0026ecirc;t Noire* (Black Forest) is in keeping with Val\u0026eacute;rie Mr\u0026eacute;jen\u0026rsquo;s precedent books, with a tendency to come closer to the novel. \u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e The book opens and ends with the suicide of an artist and friend, Edouard Lev\u0026eacute;, who played in some of the films and videos (*La D\u0026eacute;faite du rouge-gorge*, *Il a fait beau*, *Blue Bar*). [Novel website](http://valeriemrejen.com/folio/?portfolio=foret-noire)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e Dit boek gaat over de geesten die spoken in onze herinneringen. De tekst is een onvolledige inventaris van verhalen die met een zekere regelmaat en familiariteit de ronde doen over de verdwijning van mensen die Val\u0026eacute;rie Mr\u0026eacute;jen heeft gekend of waar ze van heeft gehoord via anderen. Er is ook een wandeling door de straten van haar buurt met de geest van een vrouw, maar ze slagen er niet in om bij te praten omdat er te veel tijd voorbij is gegaan en het water te diep is tussen hen. Val\u0026eacute;rie Mr\u0026eacute;jen verwijst met de tekst naar het begin van de tv-reeks *Six Feet Under* (die ze \u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;n keer citeert) en ook naar een zin in het dagboek van Mireille Havet in 1918: \u0026#39;\u0026#39;\u0026hellip; en ik ben zo vol van de dood als een crypte, vol herinneringen en dromen\u0026hellip;\u0026#39;\u0026#39;. *For\u0026ecirc;t Noire* past in de lijn van Val\u0026eacute;rie Mr\u0026eacute;jens eerdere boeken, met een neiging om dichter tot de romanvorm te komen. \u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de praktijk van de kunstenaar\u003c/strong\u003e Het boek start en eindigt met de zelfmoord van een kunstenaar en vriend, Edouard Lev\u0026eacute;, die in enkele van haar films en video\u0026rsquo;s speelde (*La D\u0026eacute;faite du rouge-gorge*, *Il a fait beau*, *Blue Bar*). [Novel website](http://valeriemrejen.com/folio/?portfolio=foret-noire)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":1461,"name":"Valérie Mréjen","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}