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BEELDENDE KUNST IN BELGIË, 1986

Jef Cornelis - Freddy Coppens
Originally broadcast on March 16th 1986, the programme Beeldende kunst in België, 1986 (Visual Art in Belgium, 1986) is a recording of a panel discussion that took place in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp...

WALKER, IUT DE CHIMIE TOULOUSE LE MIRAIL

Thomas Bernardet - Florent Mulot
This film is a visit to the Institut Universitaire de Chimie (chemistry polytechnic school) of Toulouse, near the site of AZF, a chemical factory which exploded in September 2001. The building was partly destroyed by the explosion and abruptly evacuated. It is now abandoned, but we are not its first visitors since the catastrophe....

SMALL ACTS OF VIOLENCE

Aay Liparoto
We are all in need of love and care...

PICNIC

Steve Reinke
A collaboration with Dani Leventhal, who shot all the footage. Near death, death and the pastoral: a picnic....

MADNESS AND OTHER TALES

Grace Schwindt
The fragility of the human body is addressed in Madness and Other Tales, a live performance in which soprano Lisa Cassidy and Vertixe Sonora Ensemble perform a new score written by Grace Schwindt. This piece is based on the 'Aria of Madness' from Gaetano Donizetti’s 19th-century opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor'...

SPAZIERGAENGER MIT HUND - SONSBEEK 86

Jef Cornelis
A report on the art manifestation of Sonsbeek 86, falling back on the sense of security of the park. These natural surroundings had an atmosphere not unlike that of a museum. Some of the works had been positioned ’out in the open’ in the park. Most of the objects, however, could be considered in specifically designed glass pavilions...

THE HUNDRED VIDEOS 89. 24 JOKES

Steve Reinke
How do you stop a black guy from drowning ? Take your foot off his head....

Silent Letters, 2009, Mira Sanders © the artist

SILENT LETTER 20012009

Mira Sanders
The third 'Silent Letter' was written on January 19th, 2009. The inter- and subtitles refer to the act of drawing. A short way into the video, we see images of radio-commanded model airplanes. A fourth theme is made explicit here: the (clear) line. Throughout the letter, the line is connected with the theme of the border, to be defended by ''guards''....

ALONE TOGETHER, THE SOCIAL LIFE OF BENCHES

Esther Johnson
Alone Together, the Social Life of Benches illuminates the thoughts and memories of frequent users of two public spaces in London: General Gordon Square, Woolwich and St Helier Open Space, Sutton...

TAWANTINSUYU 1992-1492

Jef Cornelis
One of the films Cornelis made for the (Flemish) Belgian television about South America and the fine arts in that continent in particular. The motivation is the celebration of the discovery five hundred years ago of America. The makers strived to look at other aspects than those directly relating to the European standpoint...