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LE PETIT JEUNE HOMME DE BINCHE
Jan VrommanCarnival in the Belgian town of Binche is not just a revel and an orgy. It’s subject to strict rules. Every male inhabitant of Binche can become ’Gilles’. Every Gilles puts on a colourful suit and is accompanied by a drummer wherever he goes. On top of this the Gilles all wear the same wax mask during the afternoon of carnival...
THE DARK GALLERIES
Nicolas ProvostA fascinating hall of mirrors through a montage of film noir scenes where the actors face a painted portrait. This perfect blend of cinema and painting was commissioned to supplement a book study. Provost exploits the rules of editing to create an imaginary museum visit...
SLOW OBJECT 01
Edith DekyndtThis work is the first in a series of video pieces in which the artist uses everyday objects and phenomena to create poetic tranpositions that incline toward the spiritual. ‘Slow Object 01’ shows the slow-motion travel of air across a white cloth stretched over a non-functioning fireplace in the French castle of Chambord...
EEN DICHTER IN TEXAS, H.C. TEN BERGE
Jef CornelisThe Dutch poet H.C. Ten Berge is closely followed during a stay of several weeks in Texas. Ten Berge goes on the lookout for an image of this American state which nullifies the stereotypical one, closely connected to the popular TV-series ‘Dallas’...
MY BROTHER’S GARDENS
Hans Op de BeeckHans Op de Beeck based his video work on his short story by the same name, ‘My Brother’s Gardens’ (2001). In this narrative video work a group of young actors – narrators, as well as characters – move through simple backgrounds and scale models and a story is told about the complex relationship between three brothers: an identical twin and a third, autistic brother...
DE ZEGE VAN DE SLANG / LE TRIOMPHE DU SERPENT
Jan VrommanAn ode to simplicity. In this video the universe is reduced to the limits of a terrarium. But since the setting is rather barren and the beast so solitary, God separates the sky from the earth and populates the world with animals and plants. But then he commits a grave error by installing men in the centre of this universe, because before one notices, hell itself brakes loose....
THE MENTAL REASON VOL. 1
Messieurs DelmotteThis series consists of the following parts:* Out Off* Abstract Birds* The Boat* Butterfly* Rose in Mouth* Tiger Skin* Molten Ball* Rabbit: Natural Size* Treets Appearances* Race Wool* Sleeping Highway* Little Pink Rain* Day Owl* Balloon from Inside* Confettis Man* Fox: Natural Size* Yellow Flowers* Rabbits Mask* The Vases* Bizarre Fir...
THE HUNDRED VIDEOS 52. LOVE LETTER TO DOUG
Steve ReinkeI think it’s true what they say in all those songs: falling in love requires overvaluing the tiny ways in which one individual varies from another....
QUE SERÁ SERÁ: SOSIE D'ELVIS
Jacques Lederlin - Joëlle de La CasinièreIn a tournament of look-alikes, the winner is a robot that resembles Elvis Presley perfectly. A man is singing about this strange event....
GIRLS AND PHILOSOPHERS
Koen TheysVideo installation for two projectors. A diptych or triptych – depending on how you look at it. ’Girls and Philosophers’ sets out from two screens. Together they make out a diptych, with directly facing panels. In between, however, there is also the area which is marked off by the screens, where the spectators move about...
