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Battles of Troy, 2005, Krassimir Terziev © the artist
BATTLES OF TROY
Krassimir Terziev“Battles of Troy” is a study on the internal economy of contemporary globalized cinema production, seen through the eyes of the lowest unit in the production hierarchy - the extras. The focus of the study is the making of the Warner Bross Motion Picture “Troy” (2004). Starting in 2003 with a budget of 185 000 000 USD, Troy is one of the most expensive productions ever made...
REPÉRAGE
Herman AsselberghsWhy not remake 'Zabriskie Point'? Michelangelo Antonioni's early seventies film was about contemporary America seen from a distance. ‘Moi, j’ai regardé l’Amérique telle qu’elle m’est apparue, sans savoir ce qu’elle est,’ the Italian director stated, philosophically downplaying his thorough research into late sixties U.S. turmoil...
TECHNOCALYPS
Frank TheysTechnocalyps is a 3 part documentary about ‘transhumanism’, an ideology assuming that we approach an era where humans, as we know them, are no longer the driving force of civilization. All technological developments seem to converge to one main goal: to overcome humanity, to try and create something transhuman...
WALKER FILMS
Thomas Bernardet - Florent MulotWalker is a series of video essays that document contemporary architectures. Each film is based on improvised shots by two cameramen walking through a specific construction, using only one camera. As they progress, the walkers exchange the camera, observing and filming the space around them and each other...
THE PENSIVE
Hubert MarécailleConfronted with a complete lack of thoudht while visiting his unknown fatherʼs grave and present at a scene of arbitrary violence, an office worker ends up drunk to forget the cruelty of the world, the jacket over his head as a sign of denial... and an ephemeral victory on the life....
VIDÉO RELATIONNELLE (1973 - 1974): PHOTO
Jacques LennepThe camera scans the image of a picture of a young man on which is written the word 'photo'....
THE BIRDER
Grace SchwindtThe Birder focuses on fragility in a world driven by capitalist logic. In a capitalist society it is easy to forget that bodies are vulnerable and death does not seem to exist – until it happens...
FACE À FACE (PART OF PAS DE DANSE)
Eric Pauwels‘Face à face’ is considered by many to be nothing more than a “simple recording” of a performance by Michèle Anne De Mey. The spirit of the performance is certainly sublimely reproduced, but there is more. ‘Face à face’ is to some extent the synthesis of Pauwels’s earlier experiments...
SLEEPLESS NIGHT
Koen Theys - Dirk PaesmansThe video was made during a study tour with the school where Koen Theys and Dirk Paesmans were studying. During the night, they went with a 1000 Watt spot to the dormitory of their fellow students, and filmed their reactions to the light. Afterwards these images were put in relation with a burning cross....
