Exhibition
Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Siegen (DE) 'Concrete & Samples'
May 28 -Sep 20 'Concrete & Samples (I), Wotruba Wien, 2009' by Aglaia Konrad
www.museumfuergegenwartskunstsiegen.de
Exhibition
National Museum, Singapore (SG) 'A Story of the Image'
Aug 13 - Oct 04 incl 'Presto, Perfect Sound' (2006) by Manon de Boer and 'L'Ecole des Pickpockets' (2000) by Sven Augustijnen
www.muhka.be
Exhibition
Contour, Mechelen (BE) 'Biennial of Moving Image'
Aug 15 - Oct 18 incl 'Black Box' (2009) by Herman Asselberghs
www.contour2009.be
Exhibition
Lentos Museum, Linz (AT) 'See This Sound'
Aug 28 - Jan 10 2010 incl 'Presto, Perfect Sound' (2006) by Manon de Boer
www.lentos.at
| 02 | Screening 20.00 Spitalska Kapela, Center for Contemporary Art Celje (SI) 'Capsular' (2006) by Herman Asselberghs www.celeia.info/center_sodobnih_umetnosti |
| 04 | Exhibition Medialab Enschede (NL) Sep 04 - 20 incl 'probe' (2008) by Boris Debackere www.medialabenschede.nl |
| 05 | Exhibition Hedah, Maastricht (NL) 'jeugdzonde - over opus 1 en opus min 1' Sep 05 - Oct 03 incl work by Anouk De Clercq www.hedah.nl |
| 08 | Exhibition Petersburg, Amsterdam (NL) 'Videozomer 2009' Aug 08 - 14 incl 'Building' (2003) by Anouk De Clercq www.petersburgprojectspace.org |
| 11 | Exhibition V2_, Rotterdam (NL) Sep 11 - 13 incl 'probe' (2008) by Boris Debackere www.v2.nl |
| 12 | Exhibition MOCA, Shanghai (CN) 'Fantastic Illusions' Sep 12 - Oct 18 incl 'Oops wrong planet' (2009) by Anouk De Clercq www.mocashanghai.org |
| 14 | Exhibition Cultuurcentrum Roeselare (BE) '360c Landschap in Beweging' Sep 14 - 28 incl 'Kernwasser Wunderland' (2004) by Anouk De Clercq www.rasa.be |
| 18 | Exhibition Gare Saint Sauveur Lille (FR) 'New Monsters' Sep 18 - Nov 08 incl 'probe' (2008) by Boris Debackere www.lille3000.eu |
| 24 | Screening & Exhibition 20.00 Versus V, Oudenaarde (BE) screening 'Futur Anterieur' (2007) by Herman Asselberghs and opening exhibition incl 'Attica' (2008) by Manon de Boer www.versus-v.be |
| 24 | Screening 20.00 Netwerk, Aalst (BE) 'About Time' incl 'Presto, Perfect Sound' (2006) by Manon de Boer www.netwerk-art.be |
| 25 | Exhibition Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen (CN) 'Discovering Slowness' Sep 25 - Oct 16 incl 'Conductor' (2004) by Anouk De Clercq www.ceac99.com |
| 28 | Exhibition Cultuurcentrum Willebroek (BE) '360c Landschap in Beweging' Sep 28 - Oct 12 incl 'Kernwasser Wunderland' (2004) by Anouk De Clercq www.rasa.be |
| 02 | Exhibition Zennestraat 17, Brussel (BE) 'Artlab2' Oct 02 - 31 incl work by Sven Augustijnen www.zennestraat17.be |
| 03 | Screening 22.00 Wiels, Brussel (BE) 'Presto, Perfect Sound' (2006) by Manon de Boer www.wiels.org |
| 09 | Screening 20.00 Versus V, Oudenaarde (BE) screening 'Resonating Surfaces' (2005) by Manon de Boer www.versus-v.be |
| 12 | Exhibition Cultuurcentrum Beringen (BE) '360c Landschap in Beweging' Oct 12 - 26 incl 'Kernwasser Wunderland' (2004) by Anouk De Clercq www.rasa.be |
Black Box
Herman Asselberghs
video & sound loop, color, BE, 08'20", 2009
an Auguste Orts Production
co-produced by Contour Mechelen vzw, Belgium
with the support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund
image: Fairuz
sound: Boris Debackere
voice: Claude Wampler
The event that, without a doubt, marked the beginning of the new century in popular consciousness and is a benchmark for the mass media
is 9/11. Asselberghs questions why we should want to embark into the new century with such a destructive and spectacular image and
proposes to opt for a more redemptive and emancipatory moment with little spectacle value but more political potential: 15 February 2003,
the day the world protested against the US government's decision to invade Iraq. At the crossroads between poetry and politics,
Asselberghs' new work urges us to consider the multiple implications of media images in our society as well as to imagine what the
possibilities might be for an alternative media landscape.
www.contour2009.be
Oops wrong planet
Anouk De Clercq
video, b/w, BE, 08'00", 2009
an Initia & Auguste Orts Production
with the support of the Flemish Authorities
animation: Tom Kluyskens
music: Scanner
'Oops wrong planet' shows an attractive, rolling landscape from a different planet. An attempt is made to establish contact. Long-distance
communication is possible, albeit with some interference on the line. Clear contact appears impossible, though. The static appears like a
veil that clouds the picture. There's the temptation to look behind the picture, so as to bypass the interference and get to a clear picture.
The soundtrack of Scanner reinforces the static between distance and vicinity even further. 'Oops wrong planet' permanently switches between
what seems possible and impossible in terms of contact. It's a grope in the dark, in search of the place where real contact can be possible,
beyond time and space.
www.portapak.be
Blue Meridian, the documentary project by Sofie Benoot produced by Auguste Orts, won the first edition of the FIDLab during FID Marseille (FR)
on July 10. A brand new international platform supporting the co-production of documentary and fiction film projects at every stage of
development, the FIDLab 2009 selected 13 projects among 260 applications sent in response to an international call for proposals. The jury
composed of Virginie Devesa in charge of international sales at U Media, Dicky Parlevliet, responsible for the French selection at the
International Film Festival of Rotterdam and member of the Hubert Bals Fund committee as well as Simon Field, producer, rewarded Blue Meridian
first prize, assigned by Panavision & Air France. Blue Meridian is a journey along the Mississippi, a river that crosses the Deep South as well
as the imagination of Northern America. A cinematographic encounter with a mythical place and its people today.
www.fidmarseille.org