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The Journey, 2009, Mira Sanders © the artist
THE JOURNEY
Mira Sanders’The Journey’ is a hand-held camera shot of a giant cardboard model, consisting of images that refer to travelling. While some parts of the model move while filming, the camera itself slowly recedes, finally resulting in a frontal view of the whole model...
FILE
Kurt D'Haeseleer‘File’ scrutinises the bandwidth between representation and immersion, showing a world of complexity. This work is trying to be a lot at the same time: video clip, essay, action movie, sociological study, documentary, soap and even commercial but above all a hermetic collection of sensations. A dated relation goes off the road and two people lose each other in overdrive....
THE HUNDRED VIDEOS 27. DISTURBED SLEEP
Steve ReinkeWe may all see patients who complain of fatigue and ask us to help them get rid of the insomnia which they feel causes it....
INFORMATION SUR LA COULEUR
Jacques Louis NystIn spite of its title, this video is previous to the outbreak of colour in the Nysts’ work. A black and white photograph of Danièle Nyst is followed by an image of the “real” Danièle Nyst knitting. The camera tracks the wool thread and then offers us a close-up of the wool ball just as we hear a loud and clear “Jaune” (Yellow)...
atlantis, 2008, Pieter Geenen © the artist. Courtesy of Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp
ATLANTIS
Pieter GeenenIn 2009 the construction of the Three Gorges Dam on the Chinese Yangtze River was completed. As a result of this construction, 632 sq km of land a distance of 660 km upstream flooded up to a level of 175 m. Numerous social and environmental issues related to its construction made this dam one of the world’s most controversial projects in recent history...
UNE PERSPECTIVE FAUSSÉE
Mira SandersUne perspective faussée (2016) is a graphical exploration of how a drawing after experiencing two residencies (from the Huet-Repolt art collectors), lines itself step by step out. This film was made before Fenêtre de vue (2016) and it explores a slightly different path...
THE HUNDRED VIDEOS 36. REQUEST
Steve ReinkeHi! I’m doing a video. I was wondering if you would take your clothes off for the video....
IL CRETTO
Aglaia KonradOver the years the Brussels-based artist Aglaia Konrad brought together an enormous archive of images shot in such diverse cities as Sao Paulo, Beijing, Chicago, Dakar, Tokyo, Cairo or Shanghai. In her new film, Aglaia Konrad brings us to Sicily where we discover one of the most extensive contemporary artworks in the world...
IDÉALE AUDIENCE : UN PAYSAGE TÉLÉVISUEL EN FRANCE
Joëlle de La CasinièreIdéale audience is a television ‘commedia dell’Arte’, written in TV. The composition of the work presents variations on three themes: the self-promotion of TV channels, the ideal audience filmed in a listening attitude, and ecstatic female announcers. All these stanzas are interspersed with McLuhanesque questions about the television medium, posed by cartoon characters...
