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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’....
S*CKMYP [4 SHORT FILMS VERSION]
Kurt D'HaeseleerS*CKMYP drops the spectator in a world continuously bombarded with digital fragmentation bombs. People wander through a kaleidoscopic labyrinth of trembling bodies and mutating buildings until they are swallowed by a yawning void. Lost pixels nestle like parasites under the skin and drag them through an everyday world that looks strange beyond recognition...
Guerilla Exercises, Peter Finnemore, 2004. Courtesy the Artist
LIFE ON MARS
Isabelle NouzhaA grotesque universe of outrageous characters and sinister places, with references to all kinds of horror classics: “The moon holds control over every one, death is lurking in the woods, a doctor is carrying out his experiments, a girl is infected by hungry teeth…”...
ONE OF US
Koen TheysIn a misty white landscape an endless procession of people roams as in a procession. They are characters from the three largest processions of Flanders. They look like figures from old Bible movies. The men are wearing fake beards, dusty robes and fake long-haired wigs; the women have exaggerated make-up and wear long robes and burkas...
VIDÉO À LA CHAÎNE II - VISIOPHONE
Michel Bonnemaison - Joëlle de La Casinière - Jacques Lederlin - Enrique AhrimanImages of people using a video phone, with which one can see the face of his caller, are pasted together with other image fragments. A male voice-over tells us this is the new toy for all ages, but warns us that lying is required when using it. Then a female voice-over talks about the threatening aspect of this video phone....
THE UNTROUBLED MIND
Manon de BoerA collection of images of constructions of the artists’ son filmed over a period of three years. The duration of each shot is around 20 seconds, the length of time you can film with a bolex 16 mm camera when winding it manually....
ALONE TOGETHER, THE SOCIAL LIFE OF BENCHES
Esther JohnsonAlone Together, the Social Life of Benches illuminates the thoughts and memories of frequent users of two public spaces in London: General Gordon Square, Woolwich and St Helier Open Space, Sutton...
CAMPING COSMOS
Jan BucquoyOn a campsite at the Belgian coast, the delegate of the Ministry of culture Jan Bucquoy must bring culture nearer to the working class. But the residents of this caravan park prefer to look at soccer, a boxing-match or a beauty-contest. They are not interested in an interview with the famous writer Pierre Mertens...
