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Soft Fiction

“Chick Strand’s SOFT FICTION is a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power of female sensuality. It combines the documentary approach with a sensuous

Think about Wood, Think about Metal

In a series of films in which we discover the portrait of a woman, Manon de Boer prolongs her experiments during the meeting with Robyn

Resonating Surfaces

Screams of death open Resonating Surfaces on a whitened and scratched film. It is upon that bearer of images where no image is to be

Sylvia Kristel, Paris

Sylvia Kristel – Paris is a portrait of Sylvia Kristel , best known for her role in the 1970’s erotic cult classic Emmanuelle, as well

Robert, June 1996 – Robert, September 2007

This is the first of De Boer’s filmic portraits of friends, realised in two sessions, eleven years apart. Each time, Robert is asked to play

Sylvia, March 1 and March 2, 2001, Hollywood Hills

Two 16mm loops, shot on Super8 films in each of which the actress Sylvia Kristel is filmed on two successive days in the Hollywood Hills.

Laurien, March 1996 Laurien, September 2001 Laurien, October 2007

Began in 1996, Laurien is portrayed in three sessions, as indicated by the title dates. Each time, Laurien is asked to read a newspaper, which

Maud Capturing the Light ‘On a Clear Day’

“My artworks have neither object nor space nor line nor anything – no forms. They are light, lightness, about merging, about formlessness, breaking down form.

Space and Freedom

When Chinese artist Li Yuan-chia left the London art scene for rural Cumbria in 1967, he said he was going in search of ‘Space and

ENCEINDRE

If the word Enceinte (meaning the “main defensive enclosure of a fortification”) is synonymous with “the body of the place”– what does it means to

Walked the Way Home

In the 1980s soldiers started appearing on the streets of Paris. They were part of “Operation Pirate Vigil” which usually lasted a few months after

Sorelle Povere di Santa Chiara

This film is a photographic portrait in response to the idea of simplicity and poverty which is the guiding principle of the Poor Clares and

THIS ILLUMINATED WORLD IS FULL OF STUPID MEN

Inspired by the delirious dribble paintings of Jackson Pollock and the demented drivel sprouted by monotheistic clerics, the film is a celebration of difference and

For Luke

A portrait of the artist Luke Fowler. Images of his home and studio in Glasgow and surroundings. Images of the artist outside Euston station London.

Peggy Shaw – A Film Portrait

With improvised interviews, sketches to camera and monologues from Shaw’s solo shows, both filmmakerand performer muse over the nuances of performance and gaze.This film begins

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