The Invisibles' Parliament, 2006
Vincent Meessen
© the artist(s) & producer(s)
The Invisibles' Parliament, 2006
Vincent Meessen
© the artist(s) & producer(s)
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The Invisibles' Parliament
title in other languages
Le parlement des invisibles (FR)
creator(s)
Vincent Meessen (A film by: screenplay; images)
collaborator(s)
production country + year
BELGIUM 2006
original format
miniDV 00:04:11 PAL col. sound
description
The narrative in The Invisibles’ Parliament is based on ghost images. Two apparitions emerge from the darkness and lead us towards a still fountain where a crowd is waiting for them. The ‘fountain’ object is here poetically re-visited. Through a series of loose associations, this short film traces the roots of modernity. It recalls Raymond Roussel (forefather of Duchamp) and one of the unsung figures who inspired him, Behanzin, the King of Dahomey and rebel against French colonisation.

These are the two spectral figures who visit the crowd, unless it is the crowd itself that is made up of spirits (jnoun) who are using these two ghostly images to try to contact us.

this work is preserved by Argos