CURFUW BELLS
Cel Crabeels
FILMISCHE SNELSCHETSEN 2
Filip FrancisIn Filmische snelschetsen 2, Filip Francis gives another account of his quickly edited film sketches. Shot in super-8, he juxtaposes short sequences of interiors view of his atelier and artworks to external views of several neighbourhood in Brussels. ...
INKTPOT
Luc Deleu - Filip Francis - De nieuwe ColoristenIn the dunes of the Belgian seaside town of Koksijde a bunker from World War II is with great deal of sense for detail transformed into a giant inkpot. This early video work is a collaboration between the utopian architect Luc Deleu, painter Filip Francis and the group ‘de nieuwe coloristen’ (translated as ‘the new colorists’)...
DRIE MINUTEN, RINGAUTOBAAN, TREKKEN, ROLTRAP, STOP STAP STOP STAP...
Filip FrancisThree minutes of a close-up on a clock. Suddenly, and unexpectedly, a close-up on the white lines of a highway appears. Speed and minimalism melt together. The next image is that of a labourer, lugging a pile of cables. The movement of an escalator in a subway station follows and finally the flickering of a traffic light for pedestrians changes from red to green and back again...
FILMISCHE SNELSCHETSEN
Filip FrancisWith his camera Francis sketches rough portraits of his friends, of flowers, of exhibitions, pieces of fabric and other objects. From a riding car he records glimpses of the city life....
LICHT & BEWEGING, GRAND BAZAAR, REGEN, LOPEN, ROLTRAP…
Filip FrancisAt night, in the highways and city streets, road and car lights seem to live a life of their own. It is the enchantment of the movement and distortion of these lights that Francis records from his car. Neon lights of advertisements pop up on the screen. During the day it is the movement of cranes on a building site that captures Francis attention...
ONEINDIGE BEPERKING, ETCETERA, 40.700 X9…
Filip FrancisThe artist writes the equation space = time over and over again, on giant white canvases. He makes geometrical figures with them. He repeats this kind of gesture, by drawing the number nine infinite times....
FRAME
Ken KoblandA seashore landscape, structured first by a moving car then re-constructed optically. A re-structured landscape. (http://www.kenkoblandfilms.com)...
