{"id":2157,"date":"2024-01-11T18:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lizaprins.com\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2025-02-01T15:33:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T15:33:51","slug":"songs-of-flax-chapter-1-a-rippling-melody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lizaprins.com\/?p=2157","title":{"rendered":"Songs of Flax \u2013 Chapter 1 : A Rippling Melody"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lizaprins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/postcard001-front-no-edge-1024x727-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2159\" width=\"644\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lizaprins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/postcard001-front-no-edge-1024x727-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lizaprins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/postcard001-front-no-edge-1024x727-1-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lizaprins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/postcard001-front-no-edge-1024x727-1-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><sub>Workshop developed with Marie Ilse Bourlanges and Bergur Anderson<br>January 2024<br>A Tale of a Tub, Rotterdam (NL)<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with our hands and voices, we explored notions of collective singing, collaborative labor, embodied work rhythms, and plant agency.<br>This first chapter concentrated on the movement that separates the flax seed pods from their stalks. Our work was aided by a melody composed by Bergur Anderson, encouraging lyrics and ornamentation of voice to be introduced while singing.<br><br><em>Songs of Flax<\/em> is a research project by Liza Prins and Marie Ilse Bourlanges that delves into the material realities of historical production of flax, a plant cultivated for its fibers known as linen. The project aims to give these textile practices new relevance today and to identify parallels between labor conditions and protest strategies through song.<br><br><sub>Many thanks to Lisanne Janssen, Julia Geerlings, Isabelle Sully, and Erika Roux.<br>Postcard riso-printed at Extrapool.<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:66px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lizaprins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/P1110094-kopie-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2161\" width=\"561\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lizaprins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/P1110094-kopie-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lizaprins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/P1110094-kopie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lizaprins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/P1110094-kopie-768x576.jpg 768w, 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