COLLECTION

THE LADDER 2 (ALONE)

Messieurs Delmotte
Like in a scene out of a surrealist painting, a lonely ladder is standing in a park and seems to be reaching for the sky. But this illusion is shattered when the ladder drops to the ground. This work is part of the series Facts and Gestures Vol. 2...

LEOPOLD II - OOSTENDE

Luc Gobyn
One minute view of the equestrean statue of Leopold II in Ostend, Belgium....

COMMAND PERFORMANCE

Vito Acconci
In this work Acconci again speaks directly to the viewer – “You, you are there in the space, somebody is there, you are there” – wherein the artist makes an attempt to change places with the viewer. The artist lies on his back with his head facing the camera. Or in other words: from the perspective of the viewer he is seen upside-down...

VIDÉO HEBDO 23

Claude Cattelain
With a snorkel on his mouth Cattelain rolls himself with tapes until he can stand it....

DETERMINATION (1)

Hans Op de Beeck
A nine-year-old boy is looking at the spectator through the rear window of a car. The car is travelling on a stretch of motorway; the audience is positioned as though they are riding directly behind. The boy remains in position, staring at the viewer throughout the duration of the work. (Source: www.hansopdebeeck.com)...

A NECESSARY MUSIC

Beatrice Gibson
A Necessary Music is a science fiction film about modernist social housing. A musically conceived piece, referencing the video operas of Robert Ashley, the film explores the social imaginary of a utopian landscape through directed attention to the voices that inhabit it. Roosevelt Island is a small sliver of land situated between Manhattan and Queens, intersected by the Queensborough Bridge...

APRÈS LA PLUIE

Alberta Sessa
’Après la Pluie’ combines the visual and auditive notes she made during a trip through Shanghai and Peking. It is an account of waking up in another world, in between dreams and sensations, the physical and visual shock. The Super 8 images catch the penetrating colours and stimuli and an awakening love for a civilisation full of possibilities and contradictions...

THEMATIC VARIATIONS ON ONE FLAT THING, REPRODUCED

Thierry De Mey
In thematic variations on 'One Flat Thing, reproduced', William Forsythe and Thierry de Mey investigate movement from a variety of perspectives. The individual studies and their order of performance provide viewers with new insights into William Forsythe’s choreographic vocabulary. (source: https://www.williamforsythe.de)...

ABRACADABRA

Lucile Desamory
The first feature-length film by artist Lucile Desamory, ABRACADABRA brings together an array of characters set within a narrative suffused with mystery and intrigue. The film centers on a reporter named Damien, who after winning a Scrabble game is visited by a ghost. He follows her into the dark streets of Brussels until he reaches the closed gates of a big building...

IJSBREKER 21: MODE

Jef Cornelis - Jackie Claeys - Freddy Coppens - Mark De Geest
An episode of ‘Ijsbreker’ on contemporary fashion. Several designers and stylists are presented, from different generations and traditions. Recorded right before the first heyday of the Antwerp fashion academy, the urge for innovation is still pretty subdued in this programme...