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Gnawa, Olivier Dekegel, 2010 © the artist & producer
GNAWA
Olivier DekegelA medium-length film produced and distributed by the director, a true cinephile, lover and connoisseur of classic and experimental cinema. Filmed on Super 8, Gnawa is an immersive flood, a sensorial trip to the magico-religious rites of the Gnawa in Morocco, made with such virtuosity that it elevates the viewer, cinematographically, into a trance akin to that of the dancers and musicians depicted...
TRAFFIC LIGHT
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte nears a traffic light. When it turns green, he smashes it with a hammer and runs away. This work is part of the series What's Done, Evil's Done / Ce Qui est Fait, le Mal est Fait...
PAPA MAMAN
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte proves his talent as a ventriloquist and a baby learns his first words....
COVERING #1: BEAUTIFUL
Luc CompernolA static image of a vase with flowers in front of a window, graphically and rhythmically manipulated on a version of Minnie Ripperton’s ‘Lovin’ You’, sung by the filmmaker. This combination of image and sound generates a lot of associations, ranging from funny and comic too silly and pathetic....
THE UNDERDEVELOPED MAN
Messieurs DelmotteIn 2012 Messieurs Delmotte went to Jakarta where he did a series of his typical performances in public space. We witness him carrying out breakneck tricks like lying on the banister of a bridge spanning a rock-filled river, or lying on the pavement of a extremely busy road...
Silent Letters, 2009, Mira Sanders © the artist
SILENT LETTER 22012009
Mira SandersThe fourth 'Silent Letter' was written on January 22nd, 2009. While we see people playing volleyball on a beach, the narrator reflects on water, and how it changes from rain, moving through man's world and back to cloud again. In the end she refers to the seaside, where clouds are best viewed...
THE LAND
Pieter GeenenWhile walking through the landscape the camera explores the so called Canadian tobacco belt of Southwestern Ontario in three chapters. In the footsteps of the first European settlers on the American continent, the viewer discovers how the historical process of colonisation, cultivation and exploitation of the land is still being reflected in present day reality...
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
Bo Vloors"You know what I mean" observes the entrance of a mosque in Saint Louis, Senegal. The audio, emphasized with subtitles, is a live conversation between two European citizens who reflect on the intensity of their experience and what they see....
DE KONINKLIJKE SERRES VAN LAKEN 1877-1902
Jef CornelisThe Royal Greenhouses of Laeken (Brussels) consist of a huge complex of several heated dome- shaped greenhouses in iron and glass that are connected by glass-roofed galleries in the park where the neo-classical Royal Palace of Laeken is located...
