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L'ARROSÉ
Jacques LennepL'arrosé is a performance in which Lennep sums up the names of people who took part in a workshop about portraits in a hospital for mentally ill patients. The artist has a flower pot on his head and at regular intervals someone pours water over his head....
VIDÉO RELATIONNELLE (1973 - 1974): L'ÉCRAN
Jacques LennepAn early experiment with the medium of television in the spirit of Nam June Paik or Wolf Vostell. The camera is filming a television set, wherein the performer seems 'trapped'....
DRIE BLINDE MUIZEN
Jef CornelisA report on three collectors of contemporary art: Martin Visser, Frits Becht and Hubert Peeters. They talk about their buying policy, how they built up their collections and their favourite works and artists. Original broadcast date: 18/06/1968 Content: 00’00" Leader. 00’07" Titles...
BESTE STEVE
Herman AsselberghsIn Beste Steve ('Dear Steve'), a man is smoothly dismantling a brand new MacBook Pro. Meanwhile, in a voice-over, a letter is read, addressed to Steve Jobs and signed by the artist. Beste Steve reveals the irreducible materiality of a tool that symbolises so-called immaterial labour...
LA MAZDA JAUNE ET SA SAINTETÉ
Sandra HeremansA conceptual experiment on what it means to start a film with a black image, develops into a subtle personal essay about the filmmaker. This short film tells the story of a Belgian missionary who fell in love with a Rwandan woman, metamorphosing little by little into a personal reflection by their daughter...
DE NAZI
Jos De GruyterBefore the eye of the camera a Nazi attempts to justify his acts. The scene is a parody of the ‘anonymous’ interview: the voice is scrambled and the head is not shown on screen. The relativizing testimonial is given an unreal and absurd edge through subtle pace accelerations...
SILVER BALLS
Messieurs DelmotteTwo silver coloured Christmas balls are lying in an abstract, silver coloured setting. From the air, Messieurs Delmotte’s feet slowly descend into the camera frame. Hopefully he will not hurt himself crushing the balls! This early video is part of the ‘Century of the 20th Sex’ series....
