COLLECTION

EGO SUMO VERSION 2 (2005)

Emilio López-Menchero
Ego Sumo Version 2 (2005) is the second attempt by Emilio López-Menchero to embody a Japanese Sumo wrestler. The work answered to the invitation of Michel François to contribute to the group show Théatre des Opérations that took place in La maison de la Culture d’Amiens, France...

VIDÉO HEBDO 26

Claude Cattelain
A close-up of matches burning and turning slowly itself off....

HET KONINKLIJK PALEIS, ANTWERPEN, ICC

Jef Cornelis
For the exhibition The Royal Palace - Builders and Inhabitants that took place in the former Royal Palace in 1970 at the Meir in Antwerp, Jef Cornelis delivers a short but unconventional documentary film. The original 18th century building used to provide accommodation to important rulers such as Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Willem I of the Netherlands (1772-1843) and the Belgian Royal House...

CAMERA OBSCURA

Michel Lorand
For ‘Camera Obscura’, Lorand made a night-time recording from a moving automobile, along an empty and unlit road, projected the dark images against a wall and filmed them again with a hand held camera...

WITH OR WITHOUT CLOTHES [PART OF FACTS AND GESTURES VOL. 2]

Messieurs Delmotte
Something 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...

KINSHASA, CITY ON THE GO

Thierry De Mey
In Kinshasa, there is movement everywhere. The camera, guided by one of those familiar with the city’s flow, reveals the vibrations of the Kinshasa megalopolis. The spectator can follow the footsteps of one of these "guides"...

VIDÉO À LA CHAÎNE II - CATALOGUE

Michel Bonnemaison - Joëlle de La Casinière - Jacques Lederlin
Images of lamps with different shapes and colours. The sales representative makes it clear that the objects can be ordered through the catalogue. On the background bells resound and a telephone rings out....

VIDÉO HEBDO 18

Claude Cattelain
After securing the camera in a styrofoam box, Cattelain throws it up in the air.  ...

THE INVISIBLES' PARLIAMENT

Vincent Meessen
The narrative in ‘The Invisibles’ Parliament’ is based on ghost images. Two apparitions emerge from the darkness and lead us towards a still fountain where a crowd is waiting for them. The ‘fountain’ object is here poetically re-visited. Through a series of loose associations, this short film traces the roots of modernity...

EEN DICHTER IN TEXAS, H.C. TEN BERGE

Jef Cornelis
The Dutch poet H.C. Ten Berge is closely followed during a stay of several weeks in Texas. Ten Berge goes on the lookout for an image of this American state which nullifies the stereotypical one, closely connected to the popular TV-series ‘Dallas’...