Selection 14: Jorn Plucieniczak, Ben Russell, Mark Raidpere
In the presence of Jorn Plucieniczak
Courtisane is een platform voor film en audiovisuele kunsten. In de vorm van een jaarlijks festival, filmvertoningen, gesprekken en publicaties onderzoeken we de relaties tussen beeld en wereld, esthetiek en politiek, experiment en engagement.
Courtisane is a platform for film and audiovisual arts. Through a yearly festival, film screenings, talks and publications, we research the relations between image and world, aesthetics and politics, experiment and engagement.
In the presence of Jorn Plucieniczak
Symen and Sam try to pass their time in the monotony of a post-industrial suburb. They seem to linger in a kind of perpetual twilight that is answered by the invisible presence of ‘Hardcore’. While gaming and burning daylight, they end up searching for the core of their desires.
Dutch spoken, English subtitles
The third part in a series of films dealing with naturally-derived psychedelia. Shot during a performance by Rhode Island noise band Lightning Bolt, this film documents the transformation of a rock audience’s collective freak-out into a trance ritual of the highest spiritual order.
Mike returns home after time away. He tries to find his place within the social structures of his family and friends. The mining landscape of Genk provides unusual openings. Set in the deindustrialised city, the film depicts the masculine dynamics within a working-class family. Terril patiently moves between these social codes and the landscape in which they manifest themselves.
Dutch spoken, English subtitles
Male alienation and isolation are recurrent themes in Mark Raidpere’s work. Ten Men shows a series of prisoners flexing their muscles and flaunting their tattoos for the camera, but also smiling in embarrassment and looking away in hope of solidarity.