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THE LADDER 2 (ALONE)
Messieurs DelmotteLike in a scene out of a surrealist painting, a lonely ladder is standing in a park and seems to be reaching for the sky. But this illusion is shattered when the ladder drops to the ground. This work is part of the series Facts and Gestures Vol. 2...
EDGARD TYTGAT
Jef CornelisThis short film, originally made for the television programme ‘Zoeklicht’, focuses on the late work of the famous Belgian painter Edgard Tytgat (1879-1957). The film was made on the occasion of the exhibition in the art centre Pro Arte Christiana in Vaalbeek, a village near Leuven. Tytgat finished his ‘Stations of the Cross’ the year he died...
THE HUNDRED VIDEOS 34. ICE CREAM
Steve ReinkeSometimes it takes a while to figure out what it is we really want....
LE METTEUR EN SCÈNE
Michel LorandThe Medea installation is made up of a large, square table with four video monitors. A single actor or actress is seen on three of the four monitors, from the waist up and frontal. The fourth monitor shows only text. The starting point is a short prose piece written by Lorand about a young woman intending to kill her two children after the end of her relationship with their father...
DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenIn ‘Dance of the 7 Veils’, a fragment of Vanrunxt’s choreography ‘Sur scène’, the dancer performs his solo in a park in Schilde. Van Kerckhoven films the six minutes of choreography in one take. For three successive days, at six in the morning, at noon and at six in the evening, this scenario is repeated. These three takes are superimposed...
CLEAN AIR
Grace SchwindtClean Air investigates how meaning is projected onto landscapes. For instance, the Alps are linked with power, purity and cleanness, terms that were also used to describe the German identity from the 1920s onwards. Two female performers of different generations react to this mental construction with a choreography of dance, music, costumes, milk and knitting....
GRAND PALAIS DEUXMILLEDIX
Luc GobynGrand Palais deuxmilledix is an experimental film exploring the relationship between architecture and movement. The audiovisual production takes the viewer into the contours of the metal structure of the Grand Palais, Paris. The construction becomes the frame of the picture. Into the image appear silhouettes of fencers...
VEGETABLES ARE VEGETABLES
Messieurs DelmotteA short video performance where, against a background of an impressive landscape, sequentially a zucchini, a leek and a carrot – which are hung in front of the camera – are chopped in two by Messieurs Delmotte. This work is part of the series Unidentified Emoticon ...
PATERSHOL, GENT
Jef CornelisAfter a general view of the city Ghent, its horizon and roofs, we are confronted with views of streets and houses in one particular district that is threatened with demolition. A poster announces protest actions against the demolition of the Patershol district....
IJSBREKER 21: MODE
Jef Cornelis - Jackie Claeys - Freddy Coppens - Mark De GeestAn episode of ‘Ijsbreker’ on contemporary fashion. Several designers and stylists are presented, from different generations and traditions. Recorded right before the first heyday of the Antwerp fashion academy, the urge for innovation is still pretty subdued in this programme...