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ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK SONG
Steve ReinkeNamed after Harry Smith’s seminal "Anthology of American Folk Music,” ’Anthology of American Folk Song’ re-inscribes the optimistically paranoid mythological landscape of contemporary America. Reinke illustrates this by saying "they had been unable to believe in the existence of terrorists. After all, none of them had discovered any repressed memories of terrorist abuse...
NACHTELIJKE BEZOEKERS
An van. Dienderen"The failures of the ethnographic endeavour to discover “reality” are revealed in this expository and experimental film. The narrator-ethnographer embarks on an expedition to encounter the Mosuo, an isolated and matrilinear tribe in the mountains of South West China. Their society is built on the principle of the axia-relationship, ties between ‘visitors of the night’...
HERE... HERE, IT IS NICE
Ailien ReynsThis experimental portret is the result of a co-creative process between Aïlien Reyns and Lucas, an undocumented Roemanian homeless in Brussels. In the film, the position and perception of the refugee towards both his homeland and his land of refuge is audiovisually represented....
4. DOWN / 6. ACROSS
Ken KoblandBlocks 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...
AUTOPORTRAIT CONTRE NATURE
Michel FrançoisA character in a blue shirt is filmed with a fixed camera, in slow motion. We hear the echo of his footsteps. It’s the artist himself: this is an “auto portrait contra nature”. François lights up a cigarette while glass bottles start raining down around him: they shatter noisily, yet miraculously without ever hitting him...
TWILIGHT
Michel LorandThis film, taken on a stormy day along the coast of the North Sea, simultaneously registers the development of a storm and the descent of nightfall. The wide panoramic image shows us a stretch of sand and surf, and the turbulent sky above. A courageous walker passes by with his dog. The camera too braves the harsh weather conditions...
Silent Letters, 2009, Mira Sanders © the artist
SILENT LETTER 22012009
Mira SandersThe fourth 'Silent Letter' was written on January 22nd, 2009. While we see people playing volleyball on a beach, the narrator reflects on water, and how it changes from rain, moving through man's world and back to cloud again. In the end she refers to the seaside, where clouds are best viewed...
epic (malhame), Julia Meltzer & David Thorne, 2008 © the artists & producer
EPIC (MALHAME)
Julia Meltzer - David Thorne“2 years ago when I was a donkey they used to hit me so I didn’t fall into the hole that is at the edge of the valley. I used to always walk along the edge of the valley, reach the hole, move around it, and then continue walking. Of course, that is after I fell into it the first time...
VEGETABLES ARE VEGETABLES
Messieurs DelmotteA short video performance where, against a background of an impressive landscape, sequentially a zucchini, a leek and a carrot – which are hung in front of the camera – are chopped in two by Messieurs Delmotte. This work is part of the series Unidentified Emoticon ...
