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LES VACANCES DE MONSIEUR MAG [DUTCH VERSION]
Jef Cornelis’Les Vacances de Monsieur MAG’ tracks the development of René Magritte’s body of work, and it also sheds a light on the persona of the artist, as well as on his views on being an artist...
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...
VIDÉO RELATIONNELLE (1973 - 1974): L'ESCARGOT
Jacques LennepAn image of a male performer holding a living and moving snail in front of his crotch....
L'ENTARTEMENT DE BILL GATES
Jan BucquoyThe last ‘entartement’ in a long series by the world famous Belgian ‘entarist’ Noël Godin, Bill Gates’s Pie-in-the-Face....
EUROPALIA: STEDELIJK MUSEUM AMSTERDAM 60-70
Jef CornelisDutch and International Art, 1960 to 1970: the exhibitions of works from the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam were prepared by the museum for Europalia and presented at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Geert Bekaert talks to the director of the Stedelijk Museum, M. de Wilde, and this conversation is alternated with pictures of the works from the collection. Original broadcast date: 24/09/1971...
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....
NAM JUNE PAIK
Stefaan DecostereNam June Paik was the instigator of the Fluxus movement, in Germany in the early sixties. In 1963 Paik first exhibited TV sets of which the screens showed distorted images. The TV screens reigned supreme. Paik moved to New York and was soon proclaimed the "George Washington of the video art"’...
BUCKETHEAD
Messieurs DelmotteMessieurs Delmotte makes a somersault, tumbles in a bucket of water with his head, and ends up on his behind, totally soaked, with a bucket for headwear. This work is part of the series Flying Chickens...
J'ESPÈRE QUE VOUS ALLEZ BIEN
Boris Van der AvoortTaken from film archives, this playful and nostalgic ‘montage’ wants to picture the lives and hopes of three generations of a Belgian family between 1931 and 1997. Images belonging to the family possessions take us back to childhood and play, journeys, relationships, dancing...
APPUNTI DEL PASSAGGIO
Raphaël Cuomo - Maria IorioAppunti del passaggio reconstructs forgotten histories of migrants who moved from Italy to Switzerland in the 1960s. Their experiences were characterised by being utilised exclusively as low skilled labour and by being subjected to widespread discrimination and xenophobia...
