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LENS
Boris Van der AvoortPatiently 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...
LOSS
Hans Op de BeeckThe 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
Angel VergaraBlack 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
IJSBREKER 02: DE CULTUUR IN DE KRANT
Jef Cornelis - Freddy Coppens - Mark De Geest - Jackie ClaeysThis 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 ReinkeTwo 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...
SMELL THE FLOWERS WHILE YOU CAN
Johan GrimonprezJohan 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
Angel VergaraWith his brush, Vergara traces images filmed on the beach of Benicasim....
