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OPERA AND STEEL
Grace SchwindtOpera and Steel portrays the dilemma of an ornithologist studying the effects of oil pollution on seabirds. The victims he records symbolise the efficiency of capitalism. Schwindt creates a poignant sketch of the relationship between capitalism and morality – and the individual experience in this kind of setting...
CAPTIVE HORIZON
Lukas MarxtCaptive Horizon operates on a delicate line between reality and illusion. Lukas Marxt´s favourite motifs – barren landscapes, seemingly untouched by humans, but at the same time suggestively apocalyptic, and subtle changes in perception that play tricks on the observer – construct a peculiar narrative filled with mysterious angles and twists...
TENTOONSTELLING DE WARANDE TURNHOUT
Filip FrancisThe video shows us how in the art centre de Warande in Turnhout an exhibition is in the making with Lego constructions by Luc Deleu. In the background we hear music by Kraftwerk....
BOMBAY TAXI GIRL
Roy VillevoyeA large paining is carried from a billboard workshop through the busy streets of Bombay. The painting, which has no advertising message to convey, is then hung in a tree. Some passerby react excitedly, while others remain indifferent....
Dr. Yang Dan's Cat Scan, Frank Theys, 2000. Courtesy the Artist
DR. YANG DAN'S CAT SCAN
Frank TheysThe installation is an ode to the Chinese-American neurologist Dr. Yang Dan, the first person to succeed in draining an image from the brain. With this installation Frank Theys reflects on the implications of her scientific research in the context of art philosophy...
THANK YOU FOR COMING
Jacques Charlier - Daniel Remi‘Thank you for coming’ is a compilation of humourist sketches, playfully balancing between kitsch and absurdity. Impulsively canned with the help of friends and neighbours, these low-budget videos show unassuming and endearing pastiches and spoofs on the world of art and television, with a fondness of typically Belgian themes...
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’? ...
YOU WERE AN AMAZEMENT ON THE DAY YOU WERE BORN
Cooper Battersby - Emily Vey DukeYou Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born is a visually stunning film that follows a woman through a life characterized by damage and loss, but in which she finds humor, love, and joy. With a score that follows the span of Lenore’s life, from her birth in the early 70s to her death in the 2040s, the film takes us from moments of harrowing loss to those of poignancy and dark humor...
GROWTH RECORD
Lisa SpilliaertIn this long-term project Spilliaert records the growth of a child, whose mother might, as it were, have been the filmmaker herself. She'd had sex with the Japanese man who became a father nine months later. Curious about the baby, she decided to photograph the child at regular intervals....
