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LEOPOLD II - OOSTENDE
Luc GobynOne minute view of the equestrean statue of Leopold II in Ostend, Belgium....
VIDÉO À LA CHAÎNE II
Michel Bonnemaison - Jacques Lederlin - Joëlle de La CasinièreA number of structural modules (design and music) and a rule set are introduced to twenty-odd video artists; with these elements the artists were supposed to produce a video about an application of the video medium (surveillance, simulation, etc.)...
ANESTHÉSIE
Hänzel & GretzelWith Doctor Terror, the anaesthesia always goes wrong. A trashy music video for the French electro-dada group Geins ’t Naït with whom Hänzel & Gretzel collaborated frequently....
CHALK TRACE
Esther JohnsonAs a child in the 1950s, Ron Cockroft drew a chalk line from his school in Oldham to his home in Chadderton. CHALK TRACE commemorates and reanimates his graffiti journey through a now much-changed network of streets. The film was photographed in the original streets of Oldham as they stand today – over 60 years after Ron’s original graffiti...
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...
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...
MASTERS OF THE LAND
Jan LocusThanks to the rise of mining, post-communist Mongolia was the fastest growing economy in the world in 2012. However, the poor were not profiting from the booming industry, and climate change plus overgrazing were leading to vast desertification. According to Mongolian shamanistic belief, the earth and sky are connected...
OTOLITH I
The Otolith GroupIn 1963, the Russian Valentina Teresjkova was the first woman to orbit around the Earth. After her space flight, she became an icon for global feminism, and in India she shook hands with the feminist Anasuya Gyan-Chand. Historical events like this were the starting point for the cinematic essay ’Otolith I’, made by the Otolith Group in 2003...
SANGAM
Charley CaseApplying image analogies, and flecked throughout by an Indian mythology featuring Biblical allure. A sail down the Ganges is described in a filmic way: one lets himself drift along on a raft, the other walks along the riverbank, their gazes locked. An introspective journey....
