COLLECTIE

ONE SECOND OF SILENCE. PART 01, NEW YORK

Edith Dekyndt
A transparent flag flutters in the breeze, its surface mingling with the surrounding sky as though it were the emblem of it. The sky on the other hand, emerging in the waves that move this flag, appears to become liquid....

DATA

Philippe Van Snick
Three numbers are written in black on a white piece of paper. An invisible hand is writing over them, until they become unreadable....

Eva Claus Any way

ANY WAY

Eva Claus
Any Way shows three people running together on an athletics track. The repetitive motion introduces the rhythm to a serene trance. The act of running itself is the focal point of the film: a continuous movement suspended in time. Varying frame rates allow the viewer to examine details of the motion that would otherwise be obscured by their own speed...

PERFORMING SPACE

Erki De Vries
A first draught of this video was designed specifically for a performance festival at the gallery Galerij Jan Colle (Ghent). The video was projected onto a full surface, acting as an imaginary reflection or extension of the environment, as if its structure was constantly manipulated...

... UNSEEN BY THE GARDENER

Marie-France Martin - Patricia Martin
’…unseen by the gardener’ was made for the exhibition of Tempered Ground at the Museum of Garden History in London and recorded in the gardens surrounding this museum, located in a medieval church...

LE LIVRE EST AU BOUT DU BANC

Jacques Louis Nyst - Danièle Nyst
Beyond the documentary aspect, the script proposes a reflection on books, through a poetic fiction. From the desert of Nomala, Theresa Plane and Professor Codca make their way towards the star "Without a doubt". On the star they meet Nadin the Angel. A dialogue ensues during which multiple aspects of books are touched upon...

Eth(n)ique Vietnam, Laurent Van Lancker, 2000 © the artist & producer

ETH(N)ICS VIETNAM

Laurent Van Lancker
In 1997 a young Anthropology and Cinema MA Graduate endeavours on a voyage to North Vietnam with two friends to shoot his first ethnographic documentary film. The enterprise is auto-financed and DV based, Digital Video having only recently been commercially introduced to the market. The initial excitement and spirit of adventure, though, are soon to be cut short by a major obstacle...

BALANÇOIRE

Danièle Nyst - Jacques Louis Nyst
A short film, part of an installation, from Jacques-Louis Nyst of a red swing. The swing is going back and forth in a constant rythm. The sound-track is the monotonous sound of the rubbing metal....

DAMES EN HEREN JAN FABRE

Jef Cornelis
An analytic and subdued critical summary of the work of Jan Fabre, on the occasion of the opening night of the opera Das Glas im Kopf wird vom Glas in March 1990. The topoi and motives in his work are commented on by Annie Declerck and accompanied by images from his body of work, from MoneyPerformance (1979) to Das Interview das Stirbt (1989)...

SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Jef Cornelis
Santiago de Chile, 1.500.000 inhabitants, is today recovering from the umpteenth dictatorship and from the exodus of intellectuals. Visual artist Juan Davila (Santiago, 1946) returned from Australia, where he had been living since 1974, especially for this film. He holds a dialogue with his colleague Eugenio Dittborn (Santiago, 1944) about dictatorship, staying or leaving, elitism and childhood...