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THE MYSELF SCHEMA
Messieurs DelmotteA well dressed man is standing in front of the camera. All seems normal, but suddendly a pair of legs is appearing on both sides of his body... This work is part of the series UNDO / REDO...
BORDER
Hans Op de Beeck’Border’ is projected life-size and opens with the image of a number of people sitting down in an oppressively small, square space. We can hear them whispering, sighing, coughing. Then a life-size x-ray image slowly appears over the total surrounding of this environment, the image of a truck crammed with goods...
HET GOUDEN KALF / LE VEAU D'OR
Jan Vromman“Het Gouden Kalf” (“The Golden Calf”) is the report of a performance held in 2002. During the “Top of Laeken”, an anti-globalist manifestation in Brussels, the Golden Calf - a sculpture on a carrying board in true size - was carried in a procession to the European Parliament. The Golden Calf is, of course, the symbol for the adoration of power and money...
JOUR DE FÊTE
Bernard GigounonIn this video Gigounon once again ventures on the broad footpath between reality and imagination. Science-fiction worlds are all around us, the only thing we have to do is allow our imagination to run freely. Gigounon backs us up with the assistance of a couple of simple video effects, so we can let go of the trivialities of reality, even for an instant...
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE HOLY BLOOD
Koen TheysThe performers in this video are a group of naively dressed up biblical characters, taking part in one of Flanders’ processions of The Holy Blood. Theys captured the footage during a performance he organized in the Brussels art space ETABLISSEMENT D’EN FACE...
LE METTEUR EN SCÈNE
Michel LorandThe Medea installation is made up of a large, square table with four video monitors. A single actor or actress is seen on three of the four monitors, from the waist up and frontal. The fourth monitor shows only text. The starting point is a short prose piece written by Lorand about a young woman intending to kill her two children after the end of her relationship with their father...
THE WHOLE SKIN TYPES CATALOG (A TEPID SUMMER)
Edith DekyndtIn order to construct this work Dekyndt made a filmed review of different skins – used as a colour palette. The backs of different persons were filmed, focusing each time on the spot between the shoulder blades. The interweaving and the succession of skins, from very light to very dark, account for the diversity and unique texture of each skin...
UNIVERSAL STORY
Jung-Kyun ShinThis work starts with the artist visiting the military unit in which he served. It features his recollection of military service, a trip to the places in the narrative, and drawings of his memories. The artist juxtaposes his memories of military service with private memories, asking if special memories are general for all Korean men, related to a rite of passage....
NATURE SEE YOU
Erik BüngerIn November 2015, at the eve of the UN climate change conference in Paris, a video was uploaded on the internet, in which Koko, a gorilla trained in the use of American Sign Language, addresses world leaders directly. She chastises humanity and calls for immediate action to save herself and the nature she is part of...
