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LOST NATION, JANUARY 1999
Johan GrimonprezIn January 1999, at the height of the Lewinsky-Clinton affair, Herman Asselberghs and Dieter Lesage asked me if’d be in for a trip to Lost Nation. They explained this was part of a project called LOST NATION they were setting up in Brussels: a place slash library slash installation about vanished nations such as Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, East and West Germany, USSR, and Zaire...
LES DANSEURS DE LA PLUIE
Ghédalia TazartèsGhédalia Tazartès – Les Danseurs De La Pluie Label: Alga Marghen – plana-T 11TES063 Format: CD, Mini Country: Italy Released: 2006 Genre: Electronic Style: Abstract, Industrial, Experimental (source: https://www.discogs.com)...
EEN VAGE BELOFTE VAN VERLANGEN
An van. Dienderen‘Een vage belofte van verlangen’ (‘A Vague Promise of Desire’) is an exercise in creating a claustrophobic atmosphere through a multitude of disturbing images: a girl in a tunnel at night, a woman in the water (is she drowning?) and girls in underwear, hanging about the room (or is it a catwalk?)...
DE 10 SCHILDERIJEN VAN ETIENNE ELIAS
Jef CornelisProduced in the context of the Flemish public cultural organisation "Openbaar Kunstbezit", the Belgian painter Etienne Elias presents his ten favorite paintings in Flemish art collections. Each presentation is unique, humorous and creatively critical about cultural institutions, producers, buyers and onlookers....
THE [AS
Peter DownsbroughTHE [AS, shot entirely in the airport of Geneva, Switzerland, is both an observation of daily events in a major transportation hub and a study of the characteristics of this building, which serves several Swiss international and long haul routes to North America, China and the Middle East. Overall, the subdued atmosphere in THE [AS breathes serenity and calmness...
Deux Corps Amoureux, 2004, Angel Vergara Santiago © the artist
DEUX CORPS AMOUREUX
Angel VergaraTwo bodies are standing against a wall, hidden behind a white canvas. While they are embracing and kissing each other, they are drawing with charcoal on the wall. A white canvas often turns up in Vergara’s work, but instead of one, it now hides two bodies...
ONE OF US
Koen TheysIn a misty white landscape an endless procession of people roams as in a procession. They are characters from the three largest processions of Flanders. They look like figures from old Bible movies. The men are wearing fake beards, dusty robes and fake long-haired wigs; the women have exaggerated make-up and wear long robes and burkas...
Shelly Silver, Walk on the water, 19XX © the artist
WALK ON THE WATER
Shelly SilverWalk on the water is an early work by the american artist Shelly Silver. The video develops a sort of narrative short story about a relationship...
VEGETABLES ARE VEGETABLES
Messieurs DelmotteA short video performance where, against a background of an impressive landscape, sequentially a zucchini, a leek and a carrot – which are hung in front of the camera – are chopped in two by Messieurs Delmotte. This work is part of the series Unidentified Emoticon ...
GANG
Gary BigotA half naked man is walking slowly through a hallway, placing foot before foot, while counting out loud his steps until he reaches the camera. Then he turns around and goes back to the end of the hall, now taking bigger steps. He repeats his route through the corridor, counting the distances on the walls. He measures up the hallway floor with a long stick...
