Selection 10 - LOVE THAT MOVES THE SUN

30 March, 2024 - 20:00
Minard

 

Maybe complex, body-bound organisms like humans regret the turns evolution took to make us. Maybe flesh longs to be more like a sponge, like a cooperative mesh of cells, with no organs, no tissues, open to the sea.” (McKenzie Wark) 

There is something sexy about people gathering silently in the dark, watching light shimmering on a screen, seeing a world come into being. There is an erotic power in shared imagination and shared embodiment of what is suggested on the screen. In this program, we leave the traditional cinema setting and are made to move from one film or soundworld to the other, in a spatial setting. This is a program trying to translate images and music into pulsations, for the relief of the body and the reconstruction of the mind.

 

In the presence of Anouk De Clercq & Vessel

Curated by Anouk De Clercq

We’ll find you when the sun goes black

Anouk De Clercq
,
BE, NO
,
2021
,
digital
,
6'

We’ll find you when the sun goes black is a mesmerizing film transporting you to a new dimension, where the infinitely small and the infinitely large can become one. Supported by a solemn song composed by Vessel (Sebastian Gainsborough), the work embalms body and mind.

Anti-Cosmos

Makino Takashi
,
JP
,
2022
,
digital
,
16'

A physical film inspired by Cosmos and Anti-Cosmos by Japanese philosopher Toshihiko Izutsu. The soundtrack, which was mainly produced in the range of frequencies below 1000hz, physically vibrates the viewer’s body.

Nanofania

Cao Guimarães
,
BR
,
2003
,
digital
,
3'

Soap bubbles bursting.
Flies jumping about.
The beating of microphenomenon pulsed by a toy piano. 

Into All That Is Here

Laure Prouvost
,
UK
,
2015
,
digital
,
10'

An exploration into the notion of lust after a time of darkness, digging into the subconscious of the character, deep into his fantasies. An insect is attracted to the pollen of a flower and the flower indulges it with pleasure. A warm and sticky atmosphere is depicted along with a sensation of relief after a long search in darkness, giving viewers the impression that they have just penetrated a slimy, sweaty flower, until the images burn and disappear.

burn to shine

Ugo Rondinone
,
CH
,
2022
,
digital
,
14'

burn to shine shows a group of people dancing by a fire as they wait for sunrise over an uncharted desert by the sea. Paired with energetically urgent and sweeping drumbeats, Rondinone creates an immersive experience, drawing the audience in to the dance.

Love That Moves The Sun

Vessel
,
UK
,
2023
,
performance

 

Sebastian Gainsborough — also known under his artist moniker, Vessel — uses his unique sonic palate to create immersive compositions exploring texture and tone. Here, he creates a soundworld to move us, to set us free, open to the sea.