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EXCERPT OF A DAY
Mira Sanders‘Excerpt of a Day’ is an episode of sound from a day, from an everyday life. For Sanders, the perception of the ordinary, while walking, observing, exploring the space, is always a form of enquiry. In ‘Excerpt of a Day’, the real is returned to the possible...
THE MARCH, THE BURDEN, THE DESERT, THE BOREDOM, THE ANGER
Els DietvorstA documentary fiction with non-professional actors about their lives and occupations in a poor neighbourhood in Brussels....
NOTSTANDSBORDSTEIN
Wolf VostellIn 'Notstands bordstein' [State of Emergency Kerb] the title word is projected continuously in white letters on a black background; the video refers to a dé-coll/age happening in Munich on 6 May 1969 in collaboration with gallery Van de Loo...
MAX BILL
Jef CornelisMax Bill, an artist who worked with plastics and member of the Swiss ’Zurich Concrete’ group, spent many years investigating mathematical abstractions – and sculpting, in his way, another life. "Is it necessary to say that a mathematical approach to art has nothing to do with any ingenious system of calculation based on ready-made formulas?" he wrote in 1949...
La revolution surrealiste tire dans le dos, 1988, Angel Vergara Santiago © the artist
LA RÉVOLUTION SURRÉALISTE TIRE DANS LE DOS
Angel VergaraAt the opening of Philippe Van Snick’s exhibition in the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, Vergara was sitting on a white canvas. ’La Révolution Surréaliste’ was wedged under one of the back legs of his chair, Vergara was leaning forward with the white canvas pulled over him. Other books were lying at his feet....
WALKER, LA VALSIÈRE
Thomas Bernardet - Florent MulotWalker 3 is a survey of the Domaine de Valsière, in the suburbs of Montpellier. This unbuilt "natural" space, encircled by dwellings, was ravaged by a fire during the 2003 heat wave. In this lunar space that evokes a deserted battlefield and a western movie, the two artists scrutinize the terrain, searching for traces of a former state, evidence of a past life...
LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
Charley CaseSymbols such as the Star of David, the Taijitu (the yin-yang sign) and the swastika pop up on the screen, alternating ever faster, with glowing colours illuminating their contours. Accompanied by repetitive string and deep bass-driven music, the images have a hypnotizing effect. The pace of their movement accelerates with the music until all symbols merge in one light-pulsing sphere....
DE KLEUREN VAN DE GEEST
Jef CornelisDe kleuren van de geest (The colours of the mind) was broadcasted on October 28th 1997. It is the last Cornelis programme for the BRT. It's a fresh and penetrating visual essay about trance (music), iconography and disembodiment along our history. Cornelis wanders through epochs and regions, cultures and artistic practices...
