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Leopold 1eme, 2010, Angel Vergara Santiago © the artist
LEOPOLD 1EME
Angel VergaraVergara is focusing here on the ties between art and the political system. He does this by showing texts about the financial support granted to Hendrik Conscience by Leopold I. By letting his brush move across the cinematic images, the artist is also suggesting that recorded reality embodies the pallet with which he is ’painting’....
I WATCHED THE WHITE DOGS OF THE DAWN
Els DietvorstSound. A polyphony of wind, breaking waves, shrieking gulls, and rattling ships. The sea: a place of memories for those who survive her, a mother who confronts us with the powers of nature. Circulating and all-encompassing. Beneath her horizon there is only darkness and mystery. The separation of air and water creates a different world. A place where other rules and other laws apply...
WITH OR WITHOUT CLOTHES [PART OF FACTS AND GESTURES VOL. 2]
Messieurs DelmotteSomething strange is happening behind the bushes on a little square. One by one, several pieces of clothing are ejected from the bushes. But when Messieurs Delmotte leaves the bush, he is still wearing all of his clothes. This work is part of the series Facts and Gestures Vol. 2...
DESSINE-MOI UN SOUVENIR
Miléna DesseAnchoring its subject in the intimate relationship between the filmmaker and her grandmother, Dessine-moi un souvenir is an attempt to question memory and its transmission on a personal as well as inter-generational and political level....
LA FILLE QUI NE FERME JAMAIS LES YEUX
Nicolas DufranneIn ’La fille qui ne ferme jamais les yeux’ we see a big-eyed girl staring into the camera for over three minutes without blinking once. Or could it be that she is closing her eyes on exactly the same moment as the viewer?...
AUTO-FIEBER
Wolf VostellA registration of Vostell’s legendary 1973 happening/ performance ‘Auto-Fieber’, an assignment of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein and Akademie der Künste. For this happening at a Berlin open terrain, cars were placed in close rows...
FILMISCHE SNELSCHETSEN
Filip FrancisWith his camera Francis sketches rough portraits of his friends, of flowers, of exhibitions, pieces of fabric and other objects. From a riding car he records glimpses of the city life....
ADAM OF EVA IN HET PARADIJS
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenThe film ’Adam of Eva in het Paradijs’ is a combination of computer animation and video material set to music by Mauro Pawlowski. The images were made during a performance with a (participating) audience in an environment which reminds of a living room...
MY HOME IS ON THE OTHER SIDE
Yun TienI’m in contact with my family through the screen of my computer, even tough we are on opposite sides of the globe we share a moment together. Where is home? Here or there? I interview other people with a similar background. We talk about the reasons we left our homeland to seek a new life in Belgium. What will happen if I stay in Belgium? Will it become a new ‘home’? ...
