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Back to the future

a quick history of collectives in Belgium

back in 2007

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Documentaries by Catherine Vertige & Kosten Koper, 60' & 52'

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Sad In Country (Part 1)

Covers six Belgian collectives : Agency (Brussels, 1992). Building Underwood (Brussels / Caudiès, 1999-2001), VAGA, A379089 (Antwerp, 1968-1969), Rona Family (Brussels), Club Moral (Antwerp, 1981-2005).

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https://vimeo.com/464111264/bf6c87c801?fbclid=IwAR0oNw-LZH2Vhg85fwBH321_nCJ8Nx9alqDGxAHtQOF1u_-hjnOdOwAHfn0

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Interviewees : Kobe Matthys (artist, Agency), Kasper Koenig (Director of Ludwig Museum, Köln, A 379089) Anny De Decker & Bernd Lohaus (Wide White Space Gallery, Antwerp), Isi Fiszman (collector, VAGA, A 379089) , Danny Devos & Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (artists, Club Moral), Anne Marie, Stéphan & Elisabeth Rona (Galerie Les Contemporains, Revue +-0, Brussels), Jacques Ambach (artist), Simona Denicolai (artist, Building Underwood), Ivo Provoost (artist, Building Underwood), David Evrard (artist, Building Underwood).

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Produced by More Talent Than Space & Komplot

Supported by Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)

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Sad In Country (Part 2) 
The film features sections on the collective work of Jacques Charlier (Total's/Reportage/STP/Zone Absolu/Terril) and Ruptz (featuring interviews with participants Jean Louis Sbille, Marc Borgers, Michel Renard, Anne Frère) plus interviews with art historians Claude Lorent & Pierre-Oliver Rollin. Contains music by Minimal Compact, Honeymoon Killers, The Names, Bene Gesserit a.o.

https://vimeo.com/464109662/a8c4ddbc38?fbclid=IwAR3FXEPRXKh19pIKXFjgR2k6xRgUi_smQADne2FZhKrybKGCvQkePNwAD3Q%C2%B5

Runtime: 52'
Country / Year: Belgium / 2008
Language: French / English (English subtitles)
Formats : Mini-DV / Digi-Beta / DVD
Aspect Ratio: 4:3, B&W Colour
Sound Mix: Mono
Produced by Komplot
Supported by Centre de l'Audiovisuel à Bruxelles (CBA) & Ministry Of Culture for French Community of Belgium.

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Square Stories

Octobre - Novembre / Oktober - November / October - November

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Thomas Depas & Naïmé Perrette

Videos & collaborative project
Francisco Camacho Herrera

Drawings & collaborative project

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With the support of / Avec le soutien de / met de steun van
Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, COCOF, Commune d'Anderlecht : Cultuurdienst and Cohésion Sociale, Loterie Nationale,Vlaams Overheid and VGC.

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© Norma Prendergast

Summer Program