COLLECTIE

Statute|Dervish, Frank Theys, 2002. Courtesy the Artist

STATUTE|DERVISH

Frank Theys
The video shows the image of a man who explodes as a statue on a square in Bruges. This image was made for the projection screen on the outside wall of the new Concertgebouw in Bruges, within the scope of the ‘Octopus’ exhibition....

SCRUB SOLO 3: SOLILOQUY

Antonin De Bemels
Transforming a body through light and movement. Transforming the movement of the body through editing. Investigating the dynamics between sound and image, believing it to be a solid whole, an organic unity...

TRAUNSTEIN

Nicolas Dufranne - Julie Gasemi
Claire discovers that she appears in a poor quality film found on the internet. She sees herself at the window of her house, accompanied by a man she does not know. They look like they are in love. She decides to set out in search of that stranger, towards Traunstein. The characters are caught up in a narrative which seems to repeat itself indefinitely...

VIDÉO RELATIONNELLE (1973 - 1974): L'AILE EN CAGE

Jacques Lennep
We see the artist sitting in a garden watching a birdcage. Inside there is no bird however, but only a wing of a black bird. With this registration the artist brings homage to the surrealist painter René Magritte....

FABRIQUES

Raphaël Cuomo - Maria Iorio
Fabriques focuses on the ornamental elements which in recent years have proliferated on the private homes of the new residential districts around Msaken, patent signs of economic success and social prestige in a region marked by a high emigration towards Europe. These decorative elements are both the revealing signs of international mobility and its effects on the local townscape...

BIRTH OF TINTIN

Charley Case
An ink drawing evolves to become a woman giving birth to a man. An allusion to human creativity and contemporary iconography....

DANAË

Koen Theys
Throughout the video, we see a collage of amateur footage of anonymous women 'twerking'. Koen Theys found the material in abundance on the internet. This contemporary phenomenon seems to indicate these women are only able to make contact with the outside world via their webcam. Theys connects this seclusion with the Greek myth of Danaë a recurring subject in the course of painting history...

KOBARWENG OR WHERE IS YOUR HELICOPTER?

Johan Grimonprez
This documentary deals with the history of a remote village in the highlands of New Guinea. The tape assembles archival footage and oral histories depicting the first encounter between the villagers and the outside world...

FUJI SAN

Bernard Gigounon
The animation in this video was put together with images of Mount Fuji found on the internet. Mount Fuji is the largest symmetrical object on the planet; images taken from any side can be perfectly superposed. This video rules negates the contemplative aspect in these pictures, as the Fuji monument becomes mobile and pivots. ...

STANLEY BROUWN 6 STAPPEN 10X (MTL GALLERY BRUSSEL) + KAREL APPEL

Jef Cornelis
Since the early Sixties, the autodidact Dutch conceptual artist Stanley Brouwn (°1935) is internationally known for his practice based on the acts of displacement, walking and measuring. For instance, he once announced that his solo exhibition was taking place in every shoe shop in Amsterdam...