OVERZICHT TITELS
Zoek collectie
ON L'APPELAIT PRÉSIDENT
Marie AndréA portrait of Alexandre André, one of the historical leaders of the Belgian Socialist party and the filmmaker’s uncle. Born in 1897 in the Borinage’s heart, he recalls different aspects of his political career, his childhood memories of Vincent Van Gogh as well as his relationship with King Baudoin....
THE ASCENT OF MAN. PART I: SILENT RUNNING-APPENDIX
Jayce SalloumBlack-and-white images of a lake and a wood fill the screen. The viewer hears soft piano music, alternated with the sound of birds. Suddenly a man starts screaming. The music becomes alarming. Is there any danger?...
LE CLOU
Messieurs DelmotteAlways ironic towards the art world, Messieurs Delmotte explains how his piece has been taken off an exhibition in favor of another artist. All what’s left is the nail : le clou....
VOX CLAMANS IN DESERTO
Ria Pacquée’Vox Clamans in Deserto’ is a combination of filmed reality (blood running down streets after a ritual slaughter in Moroccan Medina) and performance (a woman flinging sand into her face), intersected with a plain bright red screen...
Blanket Apology, Adam Leech, 2010 © the artist
BLANKET APOLOGY
Adam LeechBlanket Apology focuses on strategies of communication that are used when public figures give public apologies. Like Speech Bubble (2008), Blanket Apology is a dialogue between a man and a woman...
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....
ARBRE + PLUIE
Michel FrançoisRain 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....
VIVA PARADIS
Isabelle TollenaereViva Paradis captures a moment in a land, Tunisia, in the midst of transformation. From an abandoned luxury hotel and the ruins of Carthage to the traces of the recent revolution. The fighting is over, but what now? From March 10-16, 2011, filmmaker Isabelle Tollenaere recorded the peace following the revolution, by making images of the tourism industry...
MARCEL BROODTHAERS: MUSÉE D’ART DU XVIIE SIÈCLE
Jef CornelisViews of the 17th century ’Eagles Department’ in Antwerp: façade, wooden crates, postcards of 17th-century works on the walls and a small garden. Marcel Broodthaers is whitewashing the inscription ’Département des Aigles’ written on the fence in the garden...
