OVERZICHT TITELS
Zoek collectie
GRAVITY
Nicolas ProvostPlaying with the physiological and cinematographic principle of the after-image, Provost causes dozens of fast-edited kissing scenes from European and American film classics to collide...
PRO TESTING
Eran Schaerf - Eva MeyerPro Testing (2010) consists largely of a circular panning shot from the center of a circle of protesters holding up placards. Most of these show photos of a demonstration in favor of the “Gaza Aid Flotilla” that was stopped by the Israeli Navy...
NATIONAL LIBERATION FOOTBALL
Amina MeniaOn November 18, 2009, the Algerian football team won a match against Egypt by a goal to nil, thus ensuring a place in the 2010 World Cup. Public jubilation was all the greater, given that both countries were experiencing political tensions...
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 Circle Marokko, Ria Pacquée, 2004. Courtesy the Artist
THE CIRCLE OF MAROKKO 2004
Ria PacquéeFrom up-close, Pacquée films a craftsman in the streets of Marrakesh. Seated on the ground, he is making circles in round rusty plates. Without further explication – the sound on the piece is the one of a nearby goldsmith hammering – the viewer is left alone with this enigmatic, slightly disturbing image...
VITA NOVA
Vincent MeessenIn his famous essay Mythologies (1957), Roland Barthes demystified the French colonial imperialism by means of a photograph that appeared on the cover of Paris-Match. This picture, that became an icon of modern criticism, shows a colonial cadet on guard.Vita Nova unveils the biographical ghost underneath the surface of this mythical picture...
QUE SERÁ SERÁ
Joëlle de La CasinièreSix musical ‘video poèmes’ that are inspired by various faits-divers (“Fatal moments in the life of common heroes”, dixit the artist). Images, writing, song and dance, four different linguistic forms synchronically developed around the rhythm of the music...
LE CYGNE ET SON IMAGE
Jacques Louis NystThe title in 'Le cygne et son image’ soon becomes the white canvas on which Nyst has drawn what appears at first as a tail or a path. The screen is horizontally divided in two, the lower part occupied by the canvas and the upper by Nyst’s naked body. When the swan the title refers to appears, it may seem that it is its own image that it contemplates on the white surface...
BRUNELLESCHI’S MIRROR
Justin BennettIn Brunelleschi’s Mirror we find ourselves in the darkness, waiting for a glimpse of the world outside...
TOKYO-PICNIC
Pascal BaesThe setting is Tokyo-Sinjuku, towards the end of the month of May. Baes edits microscopic images of blossoming flora and fauna and urbane turbulence in a spastic stream of wriggling shapes and colours. The soundtrack of abrasive sounds and scouring textures complements the atmosphere of confusion and anxiety....
