From May 13 to August 14, 2022 the contemporary art exhibition: “Voorlopers” can be seen in the garden of Soestdijk Palace in Baarn,The Netherlands. In the exhibition the video installation: “Encounter” is on display by visual artist: Marjan Laaper. The work “Encounter” shows a larger than life video of a Bengal Eagle Owl.The bird is sitting on a tree trunk with its back turned towards the viewer.The feathers on its back are a camouflaged version of a face. In time, the owl turns to the viewer and observes the space with its bright orange eyes. It is a game of watching and being watched. The owl seems like a guard who explores its new environment and confronts the viewer with its penetrating gaze.The title; "Encounter" refers to an encounter with another being.This encounter transcends the purely intellectual and is above all a poetic encounter.
