Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another
In the presence of Jessica Sarah Rinland.
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.
COURTISANE FESTIVAL 2026: 1-5 April
In the presence of Jessica Sarah Rinland.
With an elephant's ivory tusk as the protagonist, Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another meditates upon the endless tactility of museological and ecological conservation, inviting reflection upon forms of representation, replicas, and embodiments of various materials, disciplines, and institutions.
“A gripping, mesmerising restoration drama which uses a series of close-ups of hands to tell a powerful story about how natural resources are preserved and transformed”
Laura Davis, Sight & Sound Magazine
“One of the year’s most aesthetically intoxicating and subtly thought-provoking new films”
Jordan Cronk, Film Comment