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THE NEURASTHENIC
Hubert MarécailleOn learning that cancer can be hereditary, and immediately persuaded to have a strong risk due to his familyʼs history, an unemployed person consults a medium, who, pessimistic about its future, suddenly puts in doubt all his efforts to fit into society : his life then seems invain and useless, at the thought of his approaching death constantly on his mind... ...
L'AVENTURE AMBIGÜE
Bernard MulliezIn ‘L’Aventure Ambigüe’ a tourist outing culminates in a shroud of incomprehension and aggression. When Mulliez pays a visit to a project in the ‘The Rainforest’ zoo in Walloon Yvoir, which usually displays small exotic animals, some Pygmies are busy raising funds for their village in Cameroon...
SHEIK ATTACK
Eddo SternIn this video Eddo Stern combines Israeli pop songs from the late sixties -optimistic, nation-building songs- with violent, militaristic scenes from computer/video games, resulting in a vertiginous, thought-provoking spectacle...
PARTITION POUR UN MOUTON
Jacques Louis NystA suite of photographic and filmic images made in the country. An ode by and for the environment of the sheep....
AGAIN ON THE SEAS
Joëlle de La CasinièreWhile they were in Peru in 1973-74 to shoot movies, artists and poets Joëlle de La Casinière and Michel Bonnemaison decided to invite photographer and film director Carlos Ferrand on a trip across the Andes and through the coastal desert along the Pacific Ocean with a Leica camera and a precise mission: constantly photographing out the window of the riding Land-Rover...
Die unbezähmbare Leni Peickert, Alexander Kluge, 1970. copyright
DIE UNBEZÄHMBARE LENI PEICKERT
Alexander KlugeAs Adorno stated: "The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us". This quote can introduce this half-hour sequel to Alexander Kluge's second feature film, Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: ratlos. The circus director Leni Peickert continues to pursue her activities. Circus in winter. Bitter times...
OUR CIRCUMSCRIBED DAYS
Hans Van den BroeckIn 1999 Hans Van Den Broeck made this rhythmical portrait of Moscow. He did not focus on the real Moscow, but rather on the myth of the metropolitan city, with its inhabitants as actors. He wanted to capture the Russian spirit, in all its absurdity. Conflict situations, incongruities, funny or absurd situations, however minimal, drew his attention...
INCH'ALLAH
Ria PacquéeAn associative mosaic of tiny instances in images and sound, zapping from east to west, from Belgium to Tunisia, from France to Israel, Morocco or Yemen. A reflection of everyday reality. The video shows an important step in the evolution of Ria Pacquée’s earlier work, where she headed out into the streets with a camera, arranging her images around formal elements...
IJSBREKER 16: LICHAMEN - TOONBEELDEN
Jef Cornelis - Mark De Geest - Karel Schoetens - Jackie ClaeysThe topic ‘body culture’ is explored within an experimental television format...
IJSBREKER 14: LITERAIRE TIJDSCHRIFTEN
Jef Cornelis - Mark De Geest - Karel Schoetens - Jackie ClaeysDuring the beginning of the eighties there were about eighty different literary magazines in Flanders, even though in the overall picture renowned editors and authors were few and far between. This episode of ‘Ijsbreker’ came about following the creation of two new magazines from the ashes of the Nieuw Vlaams Tijdschrift: the Nieuw Wereldtijdschrift (NWT) and Diogenes...
