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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...
RISIBLE CHICK
Nick de Pencier‘Risible Chick’ is an indie paean to urban frenetism made on no budget and city savvy. Choreographer Leslie Lindsay’s raucous in-our-face dance attack was first performed live at Toronto’s Dances for the Small Stage Rivoli Night Club series where it immediately became a critical and popular sensation...
VERSION ORIGINALE01
Joëlle de La Casinière - Michel BonnemaisonTwo Japanese actors read passages from ‘L’Empire des signes’ by Roland Barthes. His structural meditations on specific aspects of oriental culture – in this case specifically on the Japanese language and kitchen – are illustrated and substantiated by an entanglement of words, writing and image...
THE PERFECT WAVE
Nicolas ProvostThe Perfect Wave is a fascinating looped video of a surfer who keeps going and going on what indeed looks like a perfect wave. It’s a metaphor for what the artist calls the human desire for an endless orgasm....
LE ROBOT
Jacques Louis NystThe robot in 'Le Robot’ is as a matter of fact a broken spring from the Nysts’ bed. Here it appears as a giant that a hand attempts to flatten, but ends up releasing. As the “robot” breaks free, we hear a bird singing. 'Le Robot’ is one of Jacques-Louis Nyst’s earlier experiences with the medium...
BREIDARMERKURFJARRA BEACH
Edith DekyndtThe ice in the Breiðarmerkurjökull outlet glacier is made of compressed snow high up in the Vatnajökull ice cap. The way towards the glacier margin is long while being buried deep in the bowels of the glacier, sliding down the gently sloping land surface. Many centuries later, it ends up in Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon. Thus, the ice is very old precipitation...
THE DESERTER
Harald Thys - Jos De GruyterIn the woods a strange character is discovered by the local authorities. A couple of scientists under the supervision of a doctor and an examining magistrate go into the matter and try to discover who the reticent man is....
FROM [ TO ]
Peter DownsbroughIn FROM [ TO ], the image slides past a motorway, past countless trucks, petrol stations and containers. Objects are isolated from their environment and articulated in a repetitive, almost architectural structure....
FEED BACK PAINT
Pascal Baes‘Feed Back Paint’ is based on a simple concept people have been experimenting with for several decades: video feedback, or in other words, what happens when a camera films a screen surface in real time, and the signal is sent back to the very same screen. The technique is simple, its behaviour unpredictable...
