In the mood

Buda arts centre, Kortrijk
10 Oct 2009

 

A programme for the Buda arts centre, focussing on psychiatry, with works by Thom Vander Beken, Ingrid Wildi, Igor Strembitskyy, ...

Portrait Oblique, Ingrid Wildi, 11'20" / 2005

Ingrid Wildi puts her depressed brother Hans in front of the camera, who talks about philosophy and racism in a monotonous voice. With this portrait, Wildi wants to express her doubts about her brothers medication, offering him her love and attention as an alternative.

Wayfarers, Igor Strembitskyy, 10'00" / 2005

A house surrounded by a garden, inside a corridor, differently equipped rooms and their occupants, patients at a psychiatric hospital. They warm themselves in the sun, we hear music, snatches of songs, a lullaby. What and how do these wayfarers perceive in their moments of joy and sorrow?

Alice, Thom Vander Beken, 28'00" / 2004

Five women talk about their journey through Wonderland, the psychiatric hospital wherethey live and work. Where does reality end and fiction start?