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Ein sehr gutes Exemplar. - englisch u. chinesisch. - Ways of Seeing is the title of a book by John Berger. I became inspired by both the author and the form of the book, in which his writing begins on the cover page and ends with this phrase: 'To be continued by the reader...' Taking John Berger's invitation literally, I'm proposing here my 'way of seeing,' through a miscellany of notes and quotes I've compiled during my stay at the Gyeonggi Creation Center in South Korea-more precisely, in Daebu Island-from March to May 2011. My encounter with a Shaman during this particular period and at this specific place provoked in me the need to understand more, while I was also working on some art works that relate to this encounter. I read certain texts that are of great interest, which I consider as follow-ups in the editing process for those notes and quotes I've been collecting. My meetings with this shaman and the subsequent intimacy we developed between each other have opened an indeterminate space which I call 'space in between'; one that presents a situation of exchange. What is central here is how, considering the diversity of the contexts, worlds or languages we have found in our meetings, is the transformation into something new. Quite early on, after our first several meetings, the shaman asked me to be 'her daughter,' to transmit her knowledge... This hit me like an electric shock, as all of a sudden, I wasn't seeing shamanism as something peculiar anymore. I had to go further on, trying to clarify the context and my position, bringing to light certain questions that linked to the perspective of being a shaman and/or an artist, and see how they can relate, how they act and position themselves in our contemporary society. (Vorwort) // Christine Laquet (b. 1975) lives and works between Nantes and Paris, France. Since 2000, when she gratuated from the Lyon Fine Art School (ENBAL) in France and the University of Art of Lausanne (ECAL) in Switzerland, Christine Laquet has been exploring different forms of expression including video, painting, photography and installation. Her work has been exhibited in France as well as in the international scene (Bangkok, Innsbruck, Hanover, New-York, Poznan, Recife, Sao Paolo and etc). ISBN 9788994027180