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LENS

Boris Van der Avoort
Patiently compiled Super-8 images were edited according to the passionate pattern of ‘Music for 18 Musicians’ by Steve Reich. Starting from the image of an eye in close-up, ‘Lens’ presents a kaleidoscope and subjective representation of nature, the city and mankind...
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LOSS

Hans Op de Beeck
The work of Hans op de Beeck always breathes an atmosphere of profound emptiness. Characters, without words and totally alienated, stride through desolate landscapes and situations, out of which all hope seems to have leaked away. This is a world, seemingly lavished in the acid of everyday life, drenched in the liquid of loss...
Zapatero, 2010, Angel Vergara Santiago © the artist Zapatero, 2010, Angel Vergara Santiago © the artist

ZAPATERO

Angel Vergara
Black and white images illustrate José Luis Zapatero’s term of office. He became prime minister of Spain in 2004 and was still in power when Vergara was filming. Images of for instance a homosexual couple during a wedding ceremony are shown – with a new act, Zapatero’s government made this kind of marriage possible...
Filmgruß für ARGOS Archive, Alexander Kluge, 2010. Courtesy the Artist Filmgruß für ARGOS Archive, Alexander Kluge, 2010. Courtesy the Artist
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IJSBREKER 02: DE CULTUUR IN DE KRANT

Jef Cornelis - Freddy Coppens - Mark De Geest - Jackie Claeys
This episode of ’Ijsbreker’ examines the matter of cultural reporting in Flemish newspapers, and more particularly in the quality newspapers De Morgen and De Standaard...

BEAVER SKULL MAGICK

Steve Reinke
Two sections. In the first, the notorious internet video, Shake the Bear, in which a woman shoots and kills from a tree a bear and has sex on the body, is described and commented shot by shot. In the second section, archival footage of Grey Owl, a British man who famously fooled the Canadian nation pretending to be a Native Canadian, interacting with beavers is discussed....

ROTOMOTOR

Anton Bruhin
"The new compact disc by Anton Bruhin issued by Alga Marghen is titled r o t o m o t o r and covers two different areas of the artist’s research...
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SMELL THE FLOWERS WHILE YOU CAN

Johan Grimonprez
Johan Grimonprez transposes an extract from Meg Stuart’s compelling choreography ‘No Longer Ready-Made’ to the anonymous waiting room of a railway station. This colourless space along with nameless travellers provides the excellent setting for Stuart’s hectic and intense convulsions...
Playa de Benicassim, 2007, Angel Vergara Santiago © the artist Playa de Benicassim, 2007, Angel Vergara Santiago © the artist

PLAYA DE BENICASSIM

Angel Vergara
With his brush, Vergara traces images filmed on the beach of Benicasim....