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TORERO / TORPEDO (8 DE MAYO 2004, S.M.A.K. GANTE)
Emilio López-MencheroThe first time that Emilio López-Menchero performed Torero / Torpedo is on May 8th 2004 at 5pm in Ghent. The occasion was the opening of the exhibition which celebrated the 5th anniversary of S.M.A.K. López-Menchero is a torero, stoically walking through the S.M.A.K with his bull-bike geared with a tape player playing loudly scores of classical paso-dobles...
THE NEW DRESS
Jan Dietvorst - Roy VillevoyeA portrait of Sister Majella Hoppenbrouwers who worked from 1956 to 1961 with the Asmat Papuans in the former Dutch New Guinea....
VIDÉO HEBDO 20
Claude CattelainA dandelion loses all its seeds, then it magically recovers them....
THE HUNDRED VIDEOS 94. ANTS AND BEES
Steve ReinkeIt seems to us that ants, like bees, are always working. But if you look closely, you’ll find that they take all kinds of breaks....
APHASIA 3RD CHAPTER
Jelena JurešaThe starting point of Jelena Jureša’s interest in the evolution of a narrative constituting the final episode of Aphasia is a single photograph, which is never shown in the work, but its presence is almost tangible, heavy, almost to the point of materialising before our eyes. We identify it in speech, we identify it in motion. It is heard, but not directly seen...
LA FORCE FAIT L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE
Johan GrimonprezAn acceleration of a camera movement, a dancer and some racehorses. They all take the same rhythmic run to the climax. Johan Grimonprez sets up a sociological scrutinising of the universe of horse racing and unbridles it through its absurd angels. He comes up with a universe far removed from childhood when horses were associated with fairs and merry-go-rounds....
PUBLICITÉ
Hänzel & GretzelPublicité is a twenty seconds clip where Hänzel & Gretzel combines television sound and footages which are edited in short loops and saturated colours....
PORTRAITS ROUGES
Thierry De MeyThe audiovisual portrait is a recurring phenomenon in Thierry De Mey’s video work. The silent Portraits Rouges is closely related to Portraits Ralentis, two works dating from the same year. The later work goes back to Barbe-Bleue (55 Blue Beards). In Portraits Rouges, De Mey presents a quick succession of “portraits” of men, one after the other...
Light Showers, Peter Finnemore, 2005. Courtesy the Artist
LIGHT SHOWERS
Peter FinnemoreThe artist lights up some fireworks and then, under his umbrella, he enjoys a rain of sparks....
