TURN AROUND
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte, most literally, turns around the block. He seems to pose a bit like a wallflower....
TROIS DANSES HONGROISES DE BRAHMS
Eric PauwelsEric Pauwels takes no pleasure in making pretty pictures, but is constantly searching. He is certainly not afraid of making less obvious choices. He likes to use the “plan séquence”, one long take that covers a whole movement. In doing so the camera fully confronts the unknown, explores the space and the body evolving in that space...
TOURNOIEMENT 2
Michel FrançoisA man is carrying a beam on which the camera seems to be attached. The floor and his shoes are squeaking. The camera rotates around and around the man....
TO FLOAT
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte is fully dressed while drifting away with the current of a river. This work is part of the series Facts and Gestures Vol. 1...
THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte further explores his fascination for the hidden fantasies of the human body, with the intention of exposing it completely. In ’That’s the way it is’ parts of the body keep coming into focus, deprived of their context, conspicuously in the foreground of city views....
THE PHILOSOPHER OF PHOTOGRAPHY VILÉM FLUSSER
Miklós Peternák - András SólyomPossibly the last interview of the media philosopher Vilém Flusser’s life to the crew of Hungarian television’s FRIZ-productions. His achievements gained international prominence in the late 1970’s. His approach to the theory of mechanical images broke with all earlier approaches. He saw in these images the first examples of the post-historical era...
THE NEW FOREST
Jan Dietvorst - Roy Villevoye‘The New Forest’ was filmed with the Asmat in Papuasia (previously Dutch New Guinea). Several storylines and narrative styles are brought together, without real progression or a clear purpose, maybe apart from questioning the illusion of New Guinea as an untainted Garden of Eden...
THE UNCEASING DESIRE
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte takes down his trousers and puts a piece of firework between his buttocks. He lights it and starts to run to a pond nearby. He jumps into the pond to put out the fire that scorches his ass. This work is part of the series What's Done, Evil's Done / Ce Qui est Fait, le Mal est Fait...
THE PEEBLES
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte filmed from the back, launches pebbles into the water of a river. This work is part of the series Facts and Gestures Vol. 1...
THE ROSES
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte goes to a public garden and with a pair of gardening shears he cuts all the roses from a rose bed. This work is part of the series What's Done, Evil's Done / Ce Qui est Fait, le Mal est Fait...
TOURIST RENOUNCEMENT
Messieurs DelmotteThe video ’Tourist renouncement’ was originally recorded in 1995 in Togo, as part of the project ‘Afrikanisch-Europäische Inspiration’, set up by Togolese artist El Loko who was living in Germany. For two months eight artists from various countries in Europe and Africa worked on this cultural exchange...
TEMPORARY DISPLAY
Ronny Heiremans‘Temporary Display’ is an account of the construction of a temporary platform at the bottom of Niagara Falls. Each year it is mounted in the same spot, only to be removed again because of wear and tear by the extreme circumstances. Because of the non-linear progress of the video it is impossible to distinguish whether the platform is mounted or rather pulled down...
THE BREATHING LESSON
Dora GarcíaAlthough Dora Garcia (°1965, Valladolid, Spain) produces work that is mostly performative and installation-based, video is used as a means to question the boundaries between representation and reality. The artist engages herself with the question of what is real and what is fiction, and thus visitors become protagonists in a fiction- sometimes knowingly, sometimes not...
TRYING TO BE BALZAC
Emilio López-MencheroLópez-Menchero has been busy with a series of projects in which he literally incorporate a character. Generally, those character interests him in his relationship to art and even to the world...
THE MAKING OF… ‘JAMES ENSOR’
Chris StraetlingA reportage of the shooting of the ‘Ensor’ fragment exhibited in the ‘Mouvements’ show (KMSK / NICC) by Guillaume Bijl...
THE STONES
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte slides, rolls, and tumbles around in a large heap of rocks. This work is part of the series Facts and Gestures Vol. 1...
THE CONVERSATION
Harald ThysVoice-over of three friends are talking to each other. One of them, Jack, is telling a story about a man called Norman, who stayed at a wellness resort because of his severe rheumatic attacks. The images consist of photographs, that are pasted together and zoomed-in on. The sound of the gestures that Norman makes, are mimicked by the artist...
THE HAPPY THREE FAMILY
Karen Vanderborght‘The Happy Three Family (Van Den Heiligen Drien)’ is an experimental film based on the biblical tale of The Three Kings. The viewer follows the journey of three wise women, who are in search of Maria and Jesus. Vanderborght made digital reinterpretations of medieval paintings of the Flemish Primitives...
TORERO / TORPEDO (8 DE MAYO 2004, S.M.A.K. GANTE)
Emilio López-MencheroThe first time that Emilio López-Menchero performed Torero / Torpedo is on May 8th 2004 at 5pm in Ghent. The occasion was the opening of the exhibition which celebrated the 5th anniversary of S.M.A.K. López-Menchero is a torero, stoically walking through the S.M.A.K with his bull-bike geared with a tape player playing loudly scores of classical paso-dobles...
THE IDEAL CITY (TWO BOATS)
Katleen Vermeir - Ronny HeiremansSince 2001 Kathleen Vermeir and Ronny Heiremans have been working on a series of ‘Tableaux Vivants’, inspired on paintings, photos or even older images. In the tradition of classical as well as contemporary art the universal aspects of different human attitudes and architectural models are revealed...
TANIA, FEMME DE CHARME
Jacques LennepTania, femme de charme is a sequel to Tania, modèle pour photos de charme. The work is part of the series Musée de l’homme, for which Lennep follows eight individuals who own a special collection or who have special habits.Tania works as a photo model and has no problem with naughty poses. She is all charms and can be contacted for erotic modelling...
THE LIPS OF OSIRIS ANI
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenA film about love, identity and re-incarnation, all trapped in the cycle of evolution. ‘The Lips of Osiris Ani’ was originally made to accompany a live performance by Club Moral in which Danny Devos shouts, his head under water, the sound amplified by a hydrophone...
TROU
Michel FrançoisA close-up on two hands as they try to dig a hole in the ground. The speed of the video is accelerated which gives a nervous tension, enforced by the sound, to this seemingly neverending task....
THE BRIDGE (2)
Messieurs DelmotteDelmotte hangs over a bridge near a canal and ‘goes to the toilet’. This work is part of the series 'Rejected videos'...
TASTE THE WORLD
Wendy Morris‘Taste the World’ explores tourist notions of the ‘Third World’ as a playground for Europe. The title is derived from a promotional brochure in which travellers are encouraged to “taste the world”. The subtext makes clear that this ‘world’ is mainly there for the Eurostractrates with their unbridled leisure time and financial means...
THE CARS
Messieurs DelmotteSitting on the hood of a car, Messieurs Delmotte goes in circles around the parking lot. This work is part of the series Flying Chickens...
THE INVISIBLES' PARLIAMENT
Vincent MeessenThe narrative in ‘The Invisibles’ Parliament’ is based on ghost images. Two apparitions emerge from the darkness and lead us towards a still fountain where a crowd is waiting for them. The ‘fountain’ object is here poetically re-visited. Through a series of loose associations, this short film traces the roots of modernity...
THE BENCH
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte is lying under a bench. Suddenly he rises, making the piece of garden furniture turn over. This work is part of the series Flying Chickens...
THE STEWARTS HAVE A PARTY
Hans Op de BeeckThe Stewarts are a carefully cast fictitious family. The various members appear and disappear in an empty white room, like life-sized marionettes dressed in white. As is customary in the sub-genre of marionette theatre, they are manipulated by black-clothed puppeteers who are part of the set entourage: production assistants, a makeup girl and a hair stylist...
TABOURETS
Claude CattelainIn the video ‘Tabourets’, recorded in stop-motion, Cattelain undertakes several attempts to build a globelike shape with straight, edgy stools. In his work Claude Cattelain tries to catch the essence of the volatile. His video miniatures are flashes of amazement and fragility, staged at times, or noticed in passing...
THÉRÉSA PLANE
Jacques Louis Nyst - Danièle Nyst'Thérésa Plane’ is an itinerary in the form of an infinity symbol shaped loop. At its point of intersection a frog who thinks that everything is pretty and Thérésa whose principle activity is to glide, meet. A love story between the frog and Thérésa ensues. All would have gone quite well, were it not for the intervention of destiny...
THE BRIDGE (1)
Monsieur DelmotteDelmotte hangs over a bridge and shits on the highway. This work is part of the series 'Rejected videos'...
THE TREE
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte is attached to a tree with a string. He starts to move, jumping up and down until the string breaks. This work is part of the series Facts and Gestures Vol. 1...
THE FUCK
Messieurs DelmotteNear a busy road Delmotte hangs a big sign on a statue, stating ‘Allez tous vous faire enculer’ (‘Fuck them all’). This work is part of the series 'Rejected videos'...
TSÉ TSÉ
Emilio López-MencheroAt the height of mad cow’s disease, of swine fever and dioxin crisis, the artist crossed the Dutch borders with Holland and Germany with a collection of live tsé tsé flies in order to show them to the tiny German village of Borken where the curators Jan Hoet and Michel Dewilde organised the group show Artline 5 around the dialectic of the notions of nature and architecture...
THE INTRUDER
Vincent MeessenIn this video bearing the programmatic title ‘The Intruder’, we see the artist—clad head to toe in an outfit fashioned of white cotton blossoms—strolling along the bustling streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The camera, which does not long remain undetected (and unexposed), accompanies the performer while simultaneously recording the reactions of the observers...
TRANSCITY
Pascal BaesRecorded in the frame of Netdays Wallonie-Bruxelles 2002, Transcity (2003) is an experimental silent video that combines repeated observations of passers-by and several recordings of the performances by Baes’ life companion Aï Suzuki...
TOMBEAU POUR M.B.
Jacques LennepA bone in the Belgian tricolour is lying at the foot of a statue. Lennep takes it and erases the three colours. He then buries the bone in a field. The work alludes to the burial of Marcel Broodthaers. ...
TIED
Wim CatrysseIn the work of Wim Cartrysse a strong fascination with the human body and its relation to its space becomes apparent. In his past life as a theatre actor he discovered the possibilities and the power of physical performance as a direct gateway to the spectator’s world of experience...
THE CLOWN AND THE HOLE
Jacques Louis Nyst - Danièle NystThe theme of this video is the observation of a 'chantoir’, a popular expression designating a water hole in a prairie of which the terrain is composed of limestone. The action of the water on the lime contributes to the formation of holes of varying depths. The story presents a character that wonders about the origin of the hole and tries to communicate with it by playing the trumpet....
THE SILKPROCESS: SOME CHOREOGRAPHY & POETRY WITH GERARD MALANGA
Hänzel & GretzelA short trilogy based on Gerard Malanga’s art and writings. ‘The Unknown Girl’ opens with a bucolic vision on the poet’s desire for younger lovers and unknown experiences. The second part is a plain reading of ‘Some Things To Remember About Tri-X’ (from Malanga’s recent ‘Mythologies of The Heart’)...
THE DESERTER
Harald Thys - Jos De GruyterIn the woods a strange character is discovered by the local authorities. A couple of scientists under the supervision of a doctor and an examining magistrate go into the matter and try to discover who the reticent man is....
THE JACKET
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte takes off his jacket and tosses it into a tree. This work is part of the series Facts and Gestures Vol. 1...
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...
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....
TERMINAL
Heine AvdalThe series of performances Terminal work with the effects of presences that are alien, that are not of the body. The concept of ‘Terminal’ manifests itself for instance in someone who is dying: medical apparatus exhibits a sort of consciousness, often in the shape of electrical impulses, whilst the body itself can be seen as a dead object...
THE SWANS
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte lures swans with pieces of bread and then throws tomato sauce at them from a bucket. This work is part of the series What's Done, Evil's Done / Ce Qui est Fait, le Mal est Fait...
TWO TIMES 4’33”
Manon de BoerDe Boer invited the Brussels-based pianist Jean-Luc Fafchamps to play John Cage’s eponymous composition ‘4’33”’ twice in front of a live audience in the Brussels’ studio space of P.A.R.T.S. (The Performing Arts Research and Training Studios)...
THE SPINNING WHEEL
Harald Thys - Jos De GruyterHarald Thys and Jos de Gruyter make videos in their own typical style. Man is hardly a pawn in a game of chess, a tragicomic puppet functioning in a system which surpasses him. The style is minimalist, the characters are determined by the structure and they are limited in space, language and movement...
THE QUEER ARE DEAD LONG LIVE THE QUEER
Karen VanderborghtA deconstructivist miniature. Images of a woman gently whispering in the ear of another woman are constantly jumping and changing colour. The ragged soundtrack evokes the media overload we face in the global village. The filmmaker calls her tape “a plea for tolerance”....
TORENS
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenA super8-film about people, towers and monoliths, signs. The work was initially shown as a videoloop on VHS in the exhibition ‘The O-option and the number 8’ in Montevideo gallery in Antwerp in 1988....
THE JACKET (PIGEONS 2)
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte unbuttons his jacket and suddenly opens it, which allows some pigeons to escape. This work is part of the series Facts and Gestures Vol. 1...
THE GARDEN
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte, hidden under a table (laid out for dinner), stands up and throws about the table. This work is part of the series Facts and Gestures Vol. 1...
THE NEED TO TAKE BACK WHAT YOU'VE JUST GIVEN (PIGEONS 1)
Messieurs DelmotteIn a public place, Messieurs Delmotte lures pigeons with breadcrumbs. All of a sudden, like a madman he attacks the flock and reappropriates the food. This work is part of the series What's Done, Evil's Done / Ce Qui est Fait, le Mal est Fait...
THE LADDER 2 (ALONE)
Messieurs DelmotteLike 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...
THE LEAVES
Messieurs DelmotteThe protagonist is cycling in the street. He slows down with his right foot, scraping on the dead leaves along the kerb. Collecting a small heap of leaves he comes to a halt. This work is part of the series Flying Chickens...
THE RESIDENTS
Vincent MeessenBarry meets Lucy. They’re both artists living in Europe. He’s an American, she wants to be one. He has no visa, she wants dual nationality. There are no amorous feelings between them, just a preoccupation with hospitality, citizenship and art...
TORERO / TORPEDO (8 DE MAYO 2005, MARTA HERFORD)
Emilio López-MencheroTorero / Torpedo (8 de Mayo 2005, MARTa Herford) is the second video recording of this series of performances. At the occasion of opening of the exhibition (my private) HEROES curated by Jan Hoet, the Belgian curator invited Emilio López-Menchero to perform his biker-torero alter-ego. The museum MARTa conceived by Frank O...
THE DEATH OF JAMES LEE BYARS
Peter BrosensBased upon two performances / installations of James Lee Byars: ‘The Death of James Lee Byars’ and ‘The White Mass’. In ‘The Death of James Lee Byars’, the artist acts out his own death on 1 July 1994. Wearing a mask and dressed in gold, Byars lies in the ‘golden room’ of the Marie-Puck Broodthaers Art Gallery in Brussels...
THE BUILDING
Hans Op de Beeck'The Building' is a digitally-generated animation film which takes the viewer on a virtual, nocturnal walking tour of a fictitious, massive hospital. The facility has the mediocre, half-hearted, over-the-top architectural features common to hospitals, shopping malls, health clubs and airports all over the Western world...
THE BEERS
Messieurs DelmotteBeer cans are displayed on the stairs of a building. Delmotte goes on crushing them one by one with his feet. This work is part of the series 'Rejected videos'...
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...
THE DUNGS
Messieurs DelmotteOne by one Messieurs Delmotte crushes rabbit droppings that are scattered all over the road. This work is part of the series What's Done, Evil's Done / Ce Qui est Fait, le Mal est Fait...
THE LADDER 1
Messieurs DelmotteWith his head between two rungs Messieurs Delmotte tries to balance a ladder. This work is part of the series Flying Chickens...
TORERO / TORPEDO
Emilio López-MencheroA major component in the work of Emilio López-Menchero is the fact that he takes the identity of icons. This does not really mean he imitates them, but rather that he genuinely tries to become this person or icon. Torero / Torpedo (2004-2007) is a series of recordings and photographs of different performances by López-Menchero...
TOPOLOGIC
Cel CrabeelsCrabeels’s work ‘Topologic’ records the prolonged contortions of a man attempting to put on, and to take off again, a piece of clothing. Here the body is used both as a terrain of experiment, and as a metaphor for artist’s labour of inhabiting space in general...
THEN TO
Peter DownsbroughThrough the camera we inspect the buildings façades, dunes of constructions materials, trains and boats, hangars … A 5 minutes silent black and white travelling shot along a port area that reminds Bernd and Hilla Becher photographic works. ...
TANIA, MODÈLE POUR PHOTOS DE CHARME
Jacques LennepVideo, apart from photography and holography, was but one of the media Lennep made use of during the 1970s, as he was adding on to his ‘museum of men’. His human models were derived from all layers of the populations, but they shared a common obsession for collecting things or, at the very least, an unusual passion...
