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THE THREAD

Hans Op de Beeck
A Chinese proverb says that an invisible thread connects those destined to meet, despite time, place and circumstances. The thread can be tightened or tangled, but will never be broken. Taking this clear and simple metaphor as my starting point, I created a video as a visual love poem about a punk girl and boy who grow old together. Love and death here go hand in hand...

UNDEAD VOICES

Maria Iorio - Raphaël Cuomo
Undead Voices focuses on the archive as a subject rather than a repository of material, and invites us to reflect critically on the absences it encompasses, on the politics of knowledge, on possible alternative ways of writing history. The starting point is a Super 8mm amateur film, Donne emergete!, made in 1975 by filmmaker Isabella Bruno...

THE HUNDRED VIDEOS 29. LITTLE FAGGOT

Steve Reinke
I am a baby lying in my crib and my name is little fagot....

THE DUNGS

Messieurs Delmotte
One by one Messieurs Delmotte crushes rabbit droppings that are scattered all over the road. This work is part of the series What's Done, Evil's Done / Ce Qui est Fait, le Mal est Fait...

Gnawa, Olivier Dekegel, 2010 © the artist & producer

GNAWA

Olivier Dekegel
A medium-length film produced and distributed by the director, a true cinephile, lover and connoisseur of classic and experimental cinema. Filmed on Super 8, Gnawa is an immersive flood, a sensorial trip to the magico-religious rites of the Gnawa in Morocco, made with such virtuosity that it elevates the viewer, cinematographically, into a trance akin to that of the dancers and musicians depicted...

THE GOOD LIFE (A GUIDED TOUR)

Katleen Vermeir - Ronny Heiremans
In the background technicians are installing a prestigious exhibition,whilst a smartly dressed lady is guiding a group of people around a series of pristine white spaces, some of them filled with crates and wrapped-up paintings. Along the way she not only comments on the art but also reveals the building to her audience from a unique perspective...

The Third Man, 2010, Erik Bünger © the artist

THE THIRD MAN

Erik Bünger
As a child my father told me about the movie: In a city somewhere, a man searches for another man. Everyone he meets tells him that his search is in vain, for the other man is already dead, but he refuses to give up and suddenly he believes he catches a glimpse of the other man’s face in a doorway...

RIB GETS IN THE WAY

Steve Reinke
Steve Reinke has long been lauded for his irreverent, philosophical, and often acerbic works, which typically adopt the form of personal essays to wryly bend and reread wide-ranging topics from pop culture to sex to theories of visual perception and beyond...

HOMMAGE À … IV

Lili Dujourie
The five videos of Hommage à … deal with the same theme as repetition-in-difference, as a continual tracing and retracing, of the figure fold and unfold in the visual field. Everything is centred on the concept of self-observation and an exploration of the body. Dujourie develops a recurrent strategy of her work: drawing attention to the space beyond the visual field...

OOG EN HAND ALS UITDRUKKING 02

Jef Cornelis
For the art programme 'Openbaar Kunstbezit' Cornelis made two essayistic television reports in 1972 about the use of hands and eyes in the visual arts, “a way to look and to communicate.” Once more, 'Oog en hand als uitdrukking 02' ('Eye and hand as expression 02') is particularly free with regard to its format, bearing in mind the television standards of the time...