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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...

untitled part 3b: (as if) beauty never ends ..., Jayce Salloum, 1982-2002 © the artist & producer

UNTITLED PART 3B: (AS IF) BEAUTY NEVER ENDS ...

Jayce Salloum
Ambient images, orchids blooming, plants growing, clouds and water are superimposed over raw footage of the carnage at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon after the 1982 massacre, with the voiceover of Abdel Majid Fadl Ali Hassan (a 1948 refugee living in Bourg El Barajneh camp) recounting a story told by the rubble of his home in Palestine....

BUILDING STORIES #001 (THAT DISTANT PIECE OF MINE)

Els Opsomer
Building Stories # 001 [That Distant Piece Of Mine] is a 16mm film recorded in Senegal; reportedly the most accessible West African country, a tourist destination with a renowned hospitality. Far from the "clichés" shows this film a poetic stroll through a topical Senegal...

THE PERFECT SQUARE

Gernot Wieland
Gernot Wieland (born 1968 in Horn, Austria) worked for twelve years with an animal trainer who taught birds to fly in circles or squares. The title itself invokes the intellectual purity of geometric forms, considered superior by analytical philosophy to describe the laws of nature...

SOMETHING LIKE THAT !

Messieurs Delmotte
A video installation produced at the occasion of Brugge 2002 cultural capital of Europe. The installation is presented on a flat screen, mounted on the wall. A fishbowl stands on a table with a big coloured fish. A hand takes the fish, lifts it out of the bowl and throws it back in. This action is repeated continuously for about three minutes. The video is played in loop....

RON BURRAGE HITCHCOCK DOUBLE

Johan Grimonprez
‘Ron Burrage Hitchcock Double’ is an extract of a larger project of Johan Grimonprez about Hitchcock doubles. It shows the 'making of': the artist is visible throughout the tape, giving instructions, dialoguing with his 'model', Ron Burrage...

EVEN THE PROMPTER DIES

Erik Bünger - Manuel Saiz
Even The Prompter Dies is an experimental video that investigates the power of speech over images. Multiple voices – all belonging to the two filmmakers – wrestle for mastery over the footage, from various positions inside and outside the frame...

YOURS,

Eva Giolo - Rebecca Jane Arthur - Katja Mater - Sirah Foighel Brutmann - Eitan Efrat - Maaike Neuville
A group of artists are invited to be inspired by the work of the well-known, Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman, specifically her film News from Home (1976). The busy city of New York serves as the film’s main character. Meanwhile, we hear Akerman’s voice reading letters from her mother in Brussels...

SOTHEBY'S

Jef Cornelis

A VOYAGE INTO THE MOON

Mira Sanders - Cédric Noël
A woman wakes up in a bathroom. She tries to reconnect with her memories: why is she lying there and where is she? Slowly she remembers her mission as the voyage into the moon. In this first chapter she wonders if she arrived at her destination. The film shows a journey into several interiors and a mental space wherein the human body and mind are suggested. A Japanese voice guides us...