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ONE SECOND OF SILENCE. PART 01, NEW YORK
Edith DekyndtA transparent flag flutters in the breeze, its surface mingling with the surrounding sky as though it were the emblem of it. The sky on the other hand, emerging in the waves that move this flag, appears to become liquid....
HÉROS
Bernard GigounonLittle experiences of everyday, an acceleration of the yield of a copy machine, a tribute to Jean Renoir, a videogame, 24 image-seconds piled on top of each other and the results of an encounter of the children of the Marollen with the medium video....
THE ASCENT OF MAN. PART II: CONDITIONS OF MERCY
Jayce SalloumThe title of the second part ’Conditions of Mercy’ refers to religion, a key element of a certain American imagery. After all, the Man who disclaims his capital ’M’ is he not the same who faithfully sings "we are the world"? Fall is the condition of mercy...
HERE IS EVERYTHING
Cooper Battersby - Emily Vey DukeHere Is Everything presents itself as a message from The Future, as narrated by a cat and a rabbit, spirit guides who explain that they’ve decided to speak to us via a contemporary art video because they understand this to be our highest form of communication. Their cheeky introduction, however, belies the complex set of ideas that fill the remainder of the film...
TOURIST RENOUNCEMENT
Messieurs DelmotteThe video ’Tourist renouncement’ was originally recorded in 1995 in Togo, as part of the project ‘Afrikanisch-Europäische Inspiration’, set up by Togolese artist El Loko who was living in Germany. For two months eight artists from various countries in Europe and Africa worked on this cultural exchange...
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Peter DownsbroughIn: Place #3, Janvier/ January 2021, D’UNE PLACE L’AUTRE / CHANGING PLACES https://www.place-plateforme.com/place3/peter-downsbrough-and.html AND_04.2020 opens with a black screen and the sound of a man’s voice rising over the noise of traffic. His words are hard to distinguish, but their tones and cadence indicate they might be Chinese...
PAPILLON D'AMOUR
Nicolas ProvostPapillon d’amour is based on key scenes from Akira Kurosawa’s classic Rashômon [1950], which are modified by a simple intervention: the insertion of a vertical axis of reflection through the image center. This central axis defines the focus of agency and, at the same time, the sphere of maximum turbulence on the image plane...
QUE SERÁ SERÁ: LES DIAMANTS ROSES
Jacques Lederlin - Joëlle de La CasinièreA cleaning man of Inter-Airways finds a bag full of pinks diamonds, hidden in a garbage can on the airport. He returns the diamonds to the authorities. On the background, consisting of black-and-white images of airports, images of airplanes and diamonds are pasted. The woman appearing in the center of the screen sings the tale of the lucky cleaning man....
THE HUNDRED VIDEOS 18. LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS
Steve ReinkeFlowers express an obscure vegetal resolution....
The Circle Marokko, Ria Pacquée, 2004. Courtesy the Artist
THE CIRCLE OF MAROKKO 2004
Ria PacquéeFrom up-close, Pacquée films a craftsman in the streets of Marrakesh. Seated on the ground, he is making circles in round rusty plates. Without further explication – the sound on the piece is the one of a nearby goldsmith hammering – the viewer is left alone with this enigmatic, slightly disturbing image...
