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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...
LA FILLE QUI DESCEND L'ESCALIER
Joëlle Tuerlinckxoriginal material from "After Architecture After", an exhibition by Joëlle Tuerlinckx curated by Moritz Küng 03.11.2006-25.11.2006 deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium...
AND_04-2020
Peter DownsbroughIn: Place #3, Janvier/ January 2021, D’UNE PLACE L’AUTRE / CHANGING PLACES https://www.place-plateforme.com/place3/peter-downsbrough-and.html AND_04.2020 opens with a black screen and the sound of a man’s voice rising over the noise of traffic. His words are hard to distinguish, but their tones and cadence indicate they might be Chinese...
Avant-garde citizens: Samm’s story, 2007, Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson © the artists
AVANT-GARDE CITIZENS: SAMM’S STORY
Libia Castro - Ólafur ÓlafssonSamm relates a unique story of flight and survival. After being forcibly recruited as a soldier in Liberia, he manages to escape imprisonment and certain death, to find himself unexpectedly in Rotterdam. His experiences with the Dutch immigration and asylum system, as well as the criminal justice system, read as a saga that would be impossible to make up....
DEAD SEA DRAWINGS (PART 01)
Edith DekyndtEdith Dekyndt’s project Lot’s Wife (2009), of which the film Dead Sea Drawings is a part, refers to the fate of Lot’s wife, Edith, as described in the book of Genesis. Ordered by an angel not to look back as they flee the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Edith fails to comply and takes one last look behind her, turning immediately into a pillar of salt...
ART NOUVEAU IN BRUSSEL
Jef CornelisThis is a small documentary on Art Nouveau in Brussels. Some examples are given, such as the Solvay Hotel built by the architect Horta and the pictures of Giovanni Wieser from the exhibition catalogue ‘Art Nouveau: Minor Masters’. Original broadcast date: 24/12/1971...
LA FILLE QUI NE FERME JAMAIS LES YEUX
Nicolas DufranneIn ’La fille qui ne ferme jamais les yeux’ we see a big-eyed girl staring into the camera for over three minutes without blinking once. Or could it be that she is closing her eyes on exactly the same moment as the viewer?...
NUDE DESCENDING A STAIRCASE
Eitan Efrat - Sirah Foighel BrutmannThe first part of Nude Descending a Staircase is a composition of clips found online that were made by visitors—pilgrims—to the remote memorial site of Walter Benjamin in Portbou, Spain. Each of these individual registrations is anchored in the specificity of the location...
DARK MATTER
Lucile DesamoryIn 1989, a wave of unidentified flying objects (UFO's) swept through Belgium. A woman, who witnessed the phenomenon, talks about her consternation....
THE STREET
Jef CornelisThe street is more like a machine of movement equipped to make traffic run smoothly than, in its original and spontaneous form, a breeding ground for life. The efficiency controlling the traffic grid does not merely affect the existing living area, but also the form and pattern of a new way of living. Residential areas have turned into traffic zones; inhabitants are pushed back into their homes...
