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FLY
Shelly SilverIn FLY, the camera wonders around a room until it stops on a tapestry dominated by two peacocks in front of each other. Then, a voice over tells about a fugitive encounter....
MORELE HERBEWAPENING
Anne-Mie Van KerckhovenThe term “morele herbewapening” stands for “moral rearmament”. The tape combines images from glossy magazines from the 50s and 60s, mainly home interiors, with drawings of nude women...
INFORMATION SUR LA COULEUR
Jacques Louis NystIn spite of its title, this video is previous to the outbreak of colour in the Nysts’ work. A black and white photograph of Danièle Nyst is followed by an image of the “real” Danièle Nyst knitting. The camera tracks the wool thread and then offers us a close-up of the wool ball just as we hear a loud and clear “Jaune” (Yellow)...
LE CERCLE DES NOYÉS
Pierre-Yves VandeweerdLe cercle des noyés (Drowned by Oblivion) is the most documentary essay by Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd (1969). The film looks back on 1987 and the imprisonment of a number of Mauritanian political activists in an abandoned colonial fort at Oualata. Political authorities described them as subversives, so they were picked up, taken away and handled as such...
QUE SERÁ SERÁ: MELODRAMA
Jacques Lederlin - Joëlle de La CasinièreIn a marginal urban trailer park, a hungry pig eats a newborn baby, while the mother is away. Through a peeping hole a woman is singing about this horrible fait-divers. Images of babies and pigs are projected on the background....
EPISODE 1: SO. CAL.
Jayce SalloumA Chicana woman (Aida Mancillas) tells a story accounting/recounting her experience of growing up in Southern California. Her account is juxtaposed with rural and urban images from the region....
LILI
An van. DienderenIn a TV studio a girl named Lili (played by Belgian actress Maaike Neuville) is asked to serve as a so-called China Girl. China Girls, used in cinema history since the 1920’s, are women with Caucasian skin who are filmed alongside a colour-chart in order to adjust the colours of the film. They have no dialogues to memorize or characters to impersonate...
