02/03
Het Bos
Ankerrui 5-7, Antwerp
Herman Asselberghs - For Now (2017, 32’)
20:30
In times of great turmoil, time comes to a standstill.” (Walter Benjamin)
The central two movements in ‘For Now’ are panoramic shots and firm, vertical edits. The film unfolds in waves. Locations appear, disappear, and come round again – Lewinsky Park, Maximilian Park, Habima Square, Lion Square, Zuccotti Park, Times Square or pastoral landscapes at opposite ends of the Mediterranean Sea. The actions are the same: people wait, pass by, kill time. No refugees in the picture here, no demonstrators or soldiers, no spectacle. It is a film running alongside events, alongside time. A contemporary film in the pure sense of the word - a way of being with time.
The central two movements in ‘For Now’ are panoramic shots and firm, vertical edits. The film unfolds in waves. Locations appear, disappear, and come round again – Lewinsky Park, Maximilian Park, Habima Square, Lion Square, Zuccotti Park, Times Square or pastoral landscapes at opposite ends of the Mediterranean Sea. The actions are the same: people wait, pass by, kill time. No refugees in the picture here, no demonstrators or soldiers, no spectacle. It is a film running alongside events, alongside time. A contemporary film in the pure sense of the word - a way of being with time.
Carry On by Mieriën Coppens (2017, 12’) & 10th of November | 09:05 ( 2008, 14’) by Els Opsomer
In ‘Carry On’ by Mieriën Coppens we see individuals wait, silence is heard, a microscopic attention through a tired mass. If the film is almost mute it is because it focuses on silent figures, although their struggle is deafening.
‘10th of November | 9:05’ shows how Turkish citizens stopped their activities to commemorate the death Mustafa Kemal Atatürk every year on the 10th of November at 09h05.
‘10th of November | 9:05’ shows how Turkish citizens stopped their activities to commemorate the death Mustafa Kemal Atatürk every year on the 10th of November at 09h05.