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MELENCOLIA, EEN HOMMAGE NON-STOP
Stefaan DecostereAn essay which is at the same time a very personal homage to cinema and the history of visual art. Using early film footage as illustration, Decostere unfolds his reflecting piece in a setting that calls to mind pictures by Escher and Magritte...
A PECULIAR FAMILY ALBUM
Amina Menia“From 1953 to 1957, the Deputy-Mayor of Algiers Jacques Chevallier appointed Fernand Pouillon to undertake building projects: social housing for the benefit of poor Algerians. With this ambitious programme, Jacques Chevallier was planning to reduce the blatant inequalities between Europeans and the indigenous population...
ZIMMER, GESPRÄCHE
Dora GarcíaA Leipzig apartment is the chosen setting for an encounter between a Stasi officer and a civilian informant in ‘Zimmer Gespräche’ (‘Room, Conversations’). Until 1989, the Stasi was the all-powerful East-German police. However, neither the Stasi nor the city of Leipzig are ever specifically mentioned...
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 HUNDRED VIDEOS 58. MINNESOTA INVENTORY
Steve ReinkeI like mechanics magazines. I have a good appetite. I awake fresh and rested most mornings. There seems to be a lump in my throat much of the time. I enjoy detective or mystery stories....
ART SECURITY SERVICE
Bernard MulliezIn the spring of 2005, the property developer Robelco, gave wide media coverage to a project for "revitalizing" the Ravenstein Galleries in Brussels. With the intention of "improving the image" of the Galleries, they invited several art galleries to temporarily occupy the many empty commercial spaces...
April 2nd, 1994, Shelly Silver © the artist
APRIL 2ND
Shelly Silver"In April 2nd, Silver follows a series of men around the Marais district of Paris. From a suspicious policeman to a well dressed man who quickly disappears into a department store, to a guy in jeans who desperately runs into the street to get away from her, the tape begins with a series of short and apparently failed relationships...
VIDÉO RELATIONNELLE (1973 - 1974): TAPISSERIE
Jacques LennepThe camera shows a fixed shot of a banal wallpaper with a flower-print. Offscreen somebody shouts 'Vive la peinture!'....
23 STOREYS
Ilona Ruegg'23 Storeys’ refers to the 23 levels of the Tour Centrale, also known as the 'Lotto Building’ in Brussels. At the time of the shooting, the building was completely empty. The camera first moves from the 5th level up the fire escape escape and then down from the 23rd floor through the empty corridors and rooms, always using the elevator from floor to floor, down to the 6th...
BIËNNALE VAN PARIJS 1985
Jef CornelisA programme on the Paris Biennale in 1985, mainly focused on figurative art - “art on the wall”. During the mounting of the exhibitions in the ‘Grande Halle’, the camera zooms in on curators and organizers (Georges Boudaille, Kasper König, Alanna Heis, …), as well as artists like Keith Haring, David Hockney and Daniel Buren...
