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DUSKING
Wim CatrysseThe work Dusking, made in 2009, is based on a 4-second clip, set in a gaseous landscape, that Catrysse had seen in the sci-fi classic, namely Alien. As its title already suggests, Dusking is a tenebrous affair – which begs the question: why is the future science fiction so often talks about always so freakin’ nocturnal? An atmosphere of impending doom...
VEGETATIVE STATES: AN ATTEMPT TO INSTIL AND MEASURE ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN HOUSEHOLD PLANTS
Steve Reinke - John MarriottSeductive and eerie, ’Vegetative States’ observes an experiment in which a lush, potted Peace Lily is wired to a polygraph (lie detector) device and is then shown hypnotic art videos, while a technician monitors its responses. This attempt to influence and measure perception quickly morphs into a genre blurring deconstruction of point of view...
KINT, DE L'AUTRE CÔTÉ
Olga BaillifIn 1956, several weeks after the Russian attack, Baillif’s mother escaped from Hungary. Because she never discussed her life before this departure from Budapest, nor her relatives, Olga Baillif decided to go on a search in this documentary, for the story of her mother, the family which stayed behind and memories in the historical context...
HET SCHILDERIJ DAT ROND DE ZON WOU DRAAIEN
Luc GobynA painter caught between art, philosophy and a strong inclination towards science and drinking is involved in a struggle with the means of expression. Nonetheless determined to find a language allowing him to express himself appropriately, he impulsively jumps on a plane. In a new landscape he realises he is free to tell what he wants, anyway he wants...
UNTITLED (SHADOW)
Wim CatrysseIn Untitled (Shadow) (1998, single-channel-installation) the camera moves constantly in a circular corridor, like in Pursuit, an installation Catrysse made in the same year. The camera departs from standstill and starts to move faster and faster. Behind the endless bend the viewer notices an unidentifiable shadow that seems to be pursued by the camera...
Rafa, 2007, Angel Vergara Santiago © the artist
RAFA
Angel VergaraWhile Rafael Pallarés Dols, director of the well-known hotel Voramar, is talking, we see the beach of Castelló. We cannot hear what he is saying, but Vergara is tracing the cinematic image with a brush....
SAYA ET MIRA, RÊVES PERDUS
Jasna KrajinovicDuring the aftermath of the war in Bosnia, Saya and Mira, like so many people, live in houses which do not belong to them. This documentary portrays the two women who find each other in spite of their differences in a sense of lacking and hope. Saya, an Orthodox elderly woman, found a roof over her head in the city of Brcko, after her own house had been destroyed...
MARILYN MONROE
Daniel Weinberger - Raoul Van den BoomA man, wearing big glasses and a costume, is standing still in front of the camera. On the background three spotlights are shining. The soundtrack consists of a person breathing heavily. Suddenly the man starts taking off his clothes and replacing them by a glittering tank top. He puts leaves and feathers in his ears and contact lenses in his eyes. Then the man starts putting on make up...
