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ASTROLOGY OF A FRIDAY

Teresa Cos
The film was shot in the General Assembly Room of the Province of Limburg’s Government Building, where on the 7th of February 1992 the signing ceremony of the Treaty on European Union (the Maastricht Treaty) took place...

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...

S.A.T.S. (SHORT AIRFIELD FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT)

Joëlle de La Casinière - Michel Bonnemaison
Sequence shot of a caged bear at the Barranquilla zoo in Colombia, while one of the Pisan Cantos is being quoted in Ezra Pound’s own voice....

4. DOWN / 6. ACROSS

Ken Kobland
Blocks and squares, a fragmented view from the side into cosy lit up apartments in the big city. Sofas, staircases, lampposts, tables with flowers. Dreamy piano music underlines this literally puzzled view on contemporary living. Suddenly the music and mood switches: we are in a jazzy and dynamic dreamscape somewhat reminiscent of Mondriaan’s masterful ‘Victory Boogie-Woogie...

THE HUNDRED VIDEOS 76. MICROSCOPE

Steve Reinke
Whenever I look into a microscope, I feel like I’m looking inside of something. A barrier seems to have been broken....

CURFUW BELLS

Cel Crabeels
During medieval times curfew bells were rung to warn of impending doom or possible hostile threats. During peacetime the curfew bell introduced the night and signaled the time to extinguish fires and go to bed. Curfew Bells restages bell towers as a bygone marker of time. Before the invention of the mechanic clock it was bell towers that created a shared public time...

UN PIED DANS LE JARDIN DE MIEL

Bernard Mulliez
Within the framework of Europalia Europa festival (2007-2008), the CIVA in partnership with a supermarket group organized an exhibition called Supermarkets of Europe 1957-2007 in La Cambre Architecture School.Initially a mere financial supporter, the trade group became the very object of the exhibition, which illustrates the final outcome of the privatization of the cultural public services...

WHITE HOMELAND COMMANDO

Elizabeth LeCompte
‘White Homeland Commando’ was written for the Wooster Group by associate Michael Kirby. It takes the familiar terrain of network action drama but tilts its playing field...

IJSBREKER 18: KUNST AAN DE KUST

Jef Cornelis - Mark De Geest - Anton Stevens - Jackie Claeys
In this episode of ‘Ijsbreker’ there is a focus on the Belgian coast cities of Knokke and Ostend, who also have a history as major art cities. The Casino in Knokke was considered one of the main promoters of art during 1950-1970, mostly because of Gustave Nellens, who made sure the casino housed work by, among others, Margritte...

SECUESTRANDO A BARBIE/MONO NO MONOGATARI

Lazara Rosell Albear
Secuestrando a Barbie is an intimate portrait of Venezuelan Daniela Gallegos alias Aerea Negrot alias Miss Dandruf. A singer, performer, electronic music producer and DJ. A cinematic, minimal but multilayered portrait that seeks to reconstruct a personality that chose to disguise herself in the many ones that are perceived throughout the work...