OVERVIEW TITLES

LA JOUISSANCE DES HYSTÉRIQUES

Jan Bucquoy
What do psychoanalysis and movies have in common? What is the girl doing at the tomb of Apollinaire? Why do directors always quarrel with their actresses? What do situationism and marxism have in common? Why go to Bali for holidays? What can we learn from actresses who want to have a role in the movie? Bucquoy: "When my wife left me for my mistress, I had the choice: either have a pile attac...

THE SHANGHAIED TEXT

Ken Kobland
In ‘The Shanghaied Text’ Ken Kobland reflects on our 20th century notion of civilization and progress. These are set against an apparently indifferent nature that continues to be calm and unchanged in the face of the struggle for dominance...

HOMMAGE À … IV

Lili Dujourie
The five videos of Hommage à … deal with the same theme as repetition-in-difference, as a continual tracing and retracing, of the figure fold and unfold in the visual field. Everything is centred on the concept of self-observation and an exploration of the body. Dujourie develops a recurrent strategy of her work: drawing attention to the space beyond the visual field...

Off the Record, Wendy Morris, 2008 © the artist & producer

OFF THE RECORD

Wendy Morris
’Off the Record’ explores the different experiences and treatment of black and white South African soldiers in Europe during World War I...

BATAILLE

Nicolas Provost
‘Bataille’ is based on the same process as ‘Papillon D’Amour’. A scene, in which two samurai clench on to each other, turns into a shadow-fight between shades, with itself and the cosmos....

IN [ TO

Peter Downsbrough
The silent, ultra-short black-and-white video IN [ TO is shorter than a video clip: it clocks in at 2 minutes, 47 seconds. It was made with material shot exclusively for the film, plus footage filmed 'on the occasion', while Downsbrough was working on other projects...

SHIFT OF ATTENTION

Manon de Boer
In one take of 50 minutes a woman is filmed while listening to an actor who’s reading a transcription of her own monologues of memories of Los Angeles. Her stories were recorded on several occasions during two years after she came back from a long stay in Los Angeles...

VERLIEFDE HARTEN OF DE LISTEN ENER JONKER

Jef Cornelis
In the mid-1970s artist and author Pjeeroo Robjee wrote a popular farce that played in the region where he lived. The play was performed in a popular theatre near Ghent by the locals. Cornelis filmed the entire performance, both onstage, offstage and backstage. During the preparations, we see the actors-locals being made up. While the public enters, the tension rises...

DCA SPIEL

Hänzel & Gretzel
A scratched karaoke featuring among others a barking Vietnam war soldier, a blind knife magician and hypnotic comments on historical Olympic Games - an early rhythmic work....

TASTE THE WORLD

Wendy Morris
‘Taste the World’ explores tourist notions of the ‘Third World’ as a playground for Europe. The title is derived from a promotional brochure in which travellers are encouraged to “taste the world”. The subtext makes clear that this ‘world’ is mainly there for the Eurostractrates with their unbridled leisure time and financial means...