+6 Gain

Jorn Plucieniczak
,
BE
,
2019
,
DCP
,
26'

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

Black and White Trypps Number Three

Ben Russell
,
US
,
2007
,
35mm
,
12'

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.

Terril

Jorn Plucieniczak
,
BE
,
2022
,
DCP
,
28'

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

Ten Men

Mark Raidpere
,
EE
,
2003
,
digital
,
8'

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.