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WHITE BALL
Claude CattelainImpulsive video sequences, not without a sense of humour, at times evoking an actual spatial escapism or on other occasions recording coincidental or purposeful emotional turning points. ‘White Ball’ shows a passage of one state of mind to another through direct amazement. No time to think or to lament. In his work Claude Cattelain tries to grasp the essence in the volatile...
THE CRY
Ria PacquéeIn various outdoor locations, a cry is performed. As the locations differ – under trees, in a rough wooden structure, in a field – the distance of the performer from the camera also differs, altering the volume and proximity of the sound. The performer also varies the vocal qualities of the cry, including its length, tone, pitch and volume...
Oratorium for One Prepared Video Player and Eight Monitors, 1989, Frank Theys © the artist
ORATORIUM FOR ONE PREPARED VIDEO PLAYER AND EIGHT MONITORS
Frank TheysThe video player is positioned in the middle of the room. The magnetic tape rolls out of the player as a big loop which travels over several supports around the player. Surrounding this is a second circle of monitors on pedestals facing the centre of the player and the video loop...
VOAEX
Wolf VostellIn the magical surroundings of the museum, a former launder- ette has been recycled for the video 'VOAEX'. This video features a series of concrete sculptures in front of the panorama and the gardens of the Museo Vostell, with huge rocks that are integrated in the work. (Berta Sichel)...
L'ANIMATION À L'ÈRE DES MÉDIAS
Joëlle de La Casinière - Michel BonnemaisonEnrique Ariman reads from an essay by futurist artist Derrick de Kerckhove, on the cultural and social impact of the electronic media. Inspired by the ideas of Marshall McLuhan, de Kerckhove describes a new electronic reality, in which television plays a central part. At the same time the visual language also reflects on television, his visual language and genealogy...
AYRTON SENNA DA SILVA
Luc GobynThe television footage of racing driver Ayrton Senna’s fatal crash on May 1st 1994 during the Grand Prix of San Marino serves for a rigid analysis of the phenomenon Senna while a text runs across the screen, displaying Senna’s biography through a technical description of his racing career...
LE JEU DE LA GRENOUILLE
Jacques LennepIn Le jeu de la grenouille the artist argues that he is not Claude Monet. He goes to visit Monet’s garden and find out that frogs dominate the garden. The artist can’t bear the sound they make and dressed up as a frog he decides to burn one of Monet’s “works”....
PROPELLER
Roy VillevoyeSomewhere in the jungle op Papua lies an old propeller.It is an important object for the small Papuan tribe that lives with it.How did it get there?Through the stories of the sister of a deceased American missionary, a Papuan cultural chief and an aged American former pilot the enigma of the propeller is slowly being unraveled in this film...
