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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...
THE HUNDRED VIDEOS 24. VISUALS ELF
Steve ReinkePeople ask me, Steve, how do you manage to make so many films ? Why are they so prolific ? And I say, Oh they are not films but video. It is a simple and effortless process....
THE SIMPLE FACT OF NOT BEING A WOMAN (1)
Messieurs DelmotteIn this early piece, part one of two, Messieurs Delmotte dresses up as some disco diva, dancing naked in front of the camera on a thumping disco beat. Is it so easy not being a woman?...
IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT IF YOU COME AGAIN, ONLY NEXT TIME DON’T BRING ANY GEAR, EXCEPT A TEA KETTLE…
Johan GrimonprezThe multi-channel installation ‘It will be all right if you come again, only next time don’t bring any gear, except a tea kettle…’ (1994-2004) explores the creation of new mythologies in the wake of Western imperialism...
THE BREECHES (2)
Messieurs DelmotteSecond part of a performace diptych. A person – Messieurs Delmotte himself ? – stands with his back in front of the camera. He is wearing white, almost transparent underwear; the only part filmed is his mid section. From between his legs a pot of choco pasta is slowly emptied....
ATOMIC TREE
Charley Case“We belong to this tree, we are all connected to the very same trunk. Even when we are far away, like the leaves, it’s still the same story. When a leaf falls, it turns into humus and so the cycle starts once again.” (Charley Case) ...
MONSIEUR EZIO BUCCI, SUPPORTER
Jacques LennepVideo, apart from photography and holography, was but one of the media Lennep made use of during the 1970s, as he was adding on to his ‘museum of men’. His human models were derived from all layers of the populations, but they shared a common obsession for collecting things or, at the very, least an unusual passion...
NORTHERN DRIFT
Alexis DestoopReporting from the future, an Arctic exploration around an undefined border turns into a philosophical investigation of mankind and its environment. Assembled from personal experiences, collected testimonies and local stories, the film presents a subjective portrait of the contentious Norwegian-Russian borderland, one of hte world’s last frontiers...
