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LE CADEAU
Myriam Van ImschootLe Cadeau is a tribute to the 'youyou' (in French) or the 'zagharit' (in Arabic), a shrill trill that is used by women in North-Africa, the Middle East, Subsaharan Africa, amongst other countries, to express joy and other intense emotions. Nowadays the cry can be heard more and more in Western contexts, where it diversifies the soundscapes of private and public spaces...
FABRICA/BRIGHTON DAY 5
Claude CattelainDoing a video each day. Day 5: leaving the camera in the sea and waiting to see what's has been recorded....
VIDÉO RELATIONNELLE (1973 - 1974): COMPOSITION TRIANGULAIRE
Jacques LennepA short formal study on triangular images, shot in the woods and featuring the artist as a performer. The work is conceptual: the camera 'scans' the surroundings showing triangles formed by the legs of the artist, the branches of a tree, a stone, etcetera....
LA JOYEUSE ENTRÉE DE STRAATMAN DANS BRUXELLES
Angel VergaraDuring the first edition of BrxlBravo in 2005, Angel Vergara’s alter ego gave a performance. Straatman distributed a letter from one of the firetrucks driving through Brussels from north to south, crossing a socially layered urban reality...
VITA NOVA
Vincent MeessenIn his famous essay Mythologies (1957), Roland Barthes demystified the French colonial imperialism by means of a photograph that appeared on the cover of Paris-Match. This picture, that became an icon of modern criticism, shows a colonial cadet on guard.Vita Nova unveils the biographical ghost underneath the surface of this mythical picture...
LE CHANT DU SATELLITE
Jacques Lederlin - Joëlle de La CasinièreThis satirical work is based on the wording of regulations and vocation of a European news/TV station, presented as a paragon of the predominant power of our day and age, the power of information...
GIRLS | MUSEUM
Shelly SilverWe are born into an already-constructed world. We each enter with new eyes into a culture thathas already been shaped and structured based on the desires and power of others. Historical artmuseums are charged with preserving and interpreting the tangible evidence of a civilization’scultural trajectory and artistic achievement...
BRUSSELS, ROOM WITH A VIEW
Mira SandersAt dusk they show up by hundreds, maybe even a lot more. They fly from the left to the right, going up and then down again. Carried by the wind, they defy gravity. They float. Maybe there is a leader, a conductor, and the others know to follow him. The wind takes them everywhere, and together they make sculptures in the sky...
HISTOIRE DE MA VIE RACONTÉE PAR MES PHOTOGRAPHIES
Boris Lehman"1. Though not really a photographer, Boris Lehman has taken large quantities of photos. The vast majority, estimated at several hundred thousand, are stored in boxes, envelopes and cupboards, protected from light and dust. Waiting to be displayed or published, waiting for someone to ask for them. At the age of 50, Boris decided to make a film about them. But how to show all that? What to show? 2...
