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Silent Letters, 2009, Mira Sanders © the artist

SILENT LETTER - QUOTATIONS

Mira Sanders
The text is a series of quotations from Salman Rushdie, Han Lorzing, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Slavoj Žižek. All quotations concern the concept of (invisible) frontiers, and therefore of landscapes themselves....

HOMMAGE À MICHEL BONNEMAISON

Joëlle de La Casinière
On November 6th 2006, his birthday, and 7 months after his death, a gathering of his friends paid tribute to Michel Bonnemaison at the SCAM (Société Civile des Auteurs Multimédia) in Paris...

DE VENNOTEN / LES SOCIÉTAIRES

Vincent Meessen
In Kino, an ancient forgotten colony, King Chour has just passed away. Which of his two sons, Talou or Oumarou, will take his place on the throne ? An African fairytale format is brought in to corrupt documentary imagery, revealing its multiple, related meanings...

WHYMPER: DE SCHETSENDE BERGBEKLIMMER

Harald Thys - Jos De Gruyter
1865: A London publisher commissions Whymper to make some sketches of a still virginal town in Switzerland: Matterhorn. Whymper is tempted by the challenging beauty of the mountain and he decides to conquer it in the company of some experienced climbers and with his sketchbook under his arm. Everything goes as planned, but when he descends the rope breaks and 4 of the company of 7 fall down...

HERE... HERE, IT IS NICE

Ailien Reyns
This experimental portret is the result of a co-creative process between Aïlien Reyns and Lucas, an undocumented Roemanian homeless in Brussels. In the film, the position and perception of the refugee towards both his homeland and his land of refuge is audiovisually represented....

OUAF OUAF

Hänzel & Gretzel
An energetic scratched music video made for the French combo Double Nelson. Welcome to a great nonsense party (dogs and ducks allowed)....

WHITE LADY

Jacques Louis Nyst - Danièle Nyst
A videodance inspired by David Lynch’s 'The Elephant Man'. Though not clearly obvious in the piece, Nyst presents five tableaux that recall John Merrick’s mother’s life. The piece, openly Romantic and dramatic, flirts with the border of kitsch...

THE DYNAMITE SHOW

Koen Theys
Similarly to most of Koen Theys’ work, ’The Dynamite Show’ also shows a fascination with contemporary iconography. This video was built from video images of various explosions, developed by several American companies, who specialize in special effects for Hollywood films...

ARBRE + PLUIE

Michel François
Rain ticks against a window. Through the window and through the droplets, we see a tree. This everyday image, usually overlooked, points out the poetic contrast between a continual time and a specific one....

WAAROVER MEN NIET SPREEKT 3: EEN HEMEL OP AARDE

Jef Cornelis
This program tries to offer a solution for the dilemma between the needs of citizens and the reality of both the housing environment and urban organisation, which have over the years completely got out of hand (just think of the daily traffic jams)...