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THE THREAD
Hans Op de BeeckA 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...
QUE SERÁ SERÁ: ENVOLEZ-VOUS
Jacques Lederlin - Joëlle de La CasinièreThe reveries of a solitary driver on the highway are portrayed in ’Envolez-vous’. Images of collages suggest the things he is dreaming about. A man and a woman appear in the center of the screen, to sing the chorus of the song....
THE STEWARTS HAVE A PARTY
Hans Op de BeeckThe Stewarts are a carefully cast fictitious family. The various members appear and disappear in an empty white room, like life-sized marionettes dressed in white. As is customary in the sub-genre of marionette theatre, they are manipulated by black-clothed puppeteers who are part of the set entourage: production assistants, a makeup girl and a hair stylist...
THE HUNDRED VIDEOS 39. EDITORIAL
Steve ReinkeWhat is the difference between science and life ? Step away from that microscope for a second and I’ll tell you....
OFF THE RECORD
Wendy Morris’Off the Record’ explores the different experiences and treatment of black and white South African soldiers in Europe during World War I...
A PLACE TO BE
Peter DownsbroughA Place to Be is a dialectical exploration of two specific locations and urban conditions, one on the interior, the other on the exterior, while the soundtrack moves back and forth between ambient sounds and music (Satie’s piano music for instance)...
HOMMAGE À … II
Lili DujourieThe 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. In Hommage à .....
CURFUW BELLS
Cel CrabeelsDuring medieval times curfew bells were rung to warn of impending doom or possible hostile threats. During peacetime the curfew bell introduced the night and signaled the time to extinguish fires and go to bed. Curfew Bells restages bell towers as a bygone marker of time. Before the invention of the mechanic clock it was bell towers that created a shared public time...
LA GIRAFE
Mira Sanders’La Girafe’ was presented on the lawn of the Saint-Etienne-le-Vieux church, near the roundabout of the townhall of the city Caen (FR). During the local event ’Arts’sisses de la rue’, ’La Girafe’ was projected onto a billboard which was set up especially on the lawn of the prestigious town square, a popular tourist destination...









