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We will live to see these things, or, five pictures of what may come to pass, Julia Meltzer & David Thorne, 2007 © the artists & producer
WE WILL LIVE TO SEE THESE THINGS, OR, FIVE PICTURES OF WHAT MAY COME TO PASS
Julia Meltzer - David Thorne“We will live to see these things, or, five pictures of what may come to pass” is a documentary video in five parts about competing visions of an uncertain future...
IMPOSITIONS
Philippe Van SnickA woman is reading at a garden table. Every minute she changes the side she is sitting at, until she’s back where she started. The camera starts turning round to film her and her book. Afterwards she starts looking at photographs of herself, sitting at another table but with the same book in her hands....
Shooting into the Sun, Ria Pacquée, 2010. Courtesy the Artist
SHOOTING INTO THE SUN
Ria PacquéeA video piece made of transferred slide show pictures that Ria Pacquée took over the course of years, a photographic series that is still on-going. In different parts of the world – Belgium, Europe, Marocco, India and different parts in Asia – the artist took frontal pictures of the sun...
INSERT COIN HIGHWAY CAR
Hans Op de BeeckThe viewer drops a coin in the slot machine and an image of a small child in a kiddie car appears. The car’s movement tips the child back and forth. Instead of enjoying the ride, the child appears sullen and unhappy. (Source: www.hansopdebeeck.com)...
_IMOVIE[1]_: THE AGONY OF SILENCE
Els OpsomerEls Opsomer created this video using the amateur software ‘iMovie’ from Apple’s ‘iLife Suite’. It is a lyrical video letter to her friends, an introspective account of a short visit to Palestine. Pictures which were taken there are widely and deeply explored and edited, with the content of the letter as subtitles...
DECORATION
Florian GwinnerIn Decoration the camera spins around its own axis. Different arrangements merge. Plants, materials, electrical devices. A mini evolution of the constructedness of the world....
WARBURGBALLETTEN
Koen Theys'Warburgballetten' was inspired by the life and work of Aby Warburg (1866-1929). It is an homage to this founder of iconography. The image is divided in two parts: a smaller one on the left, with figures from (mainly) renaissance paintings; and a bigger part on the right, with figures from propaganda posters that were made during World War I...
KOBARWENG OR WHERE IS YOUR HELICOPTER?
Johan GrimonprezThis documentary deals with the history of a remote village in the highlands of New Guinea. The tape assembles archival footage and oral histories depicting the first encounter between the villagers and the outside world...
LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
Charley CaseSymbols such as the Star of David, the Taijitu (the yin-yang sign) and the swastika pop up on the screen, alternating ever faster, with glowing colours illuminating their contours. Accompanied by repetitive string and deep bass-driven music, the images have a hypnotizing effect. The pace of their movement accelerates with the music until all symbols merge in one light-pulsing sphere....
