Besmette Stad

Copyright artist(s) and courtesy argos

Artist(s)

Year

1994

Duration

00:18:00

Original format

VHS

Color

col. and b&w

Color system

PAL

Languages

Spoken: English UK , French , Dutch; Flemish

Availability

Distribution
Collection

Besmette Stad

TV broadcast, Belgium, 1993, 18min, restored in 2007

directed by Johan Grimonprez
with Paul Garrin, Meg Stuart, Alison Murray & Pascal Baes
produced by Ziggurat, Belgian TV BRT / TV1
with the support of Jan van Eyck Academy

01. Video-Guerrilleros
fragment from 'Man with a Video Camera' by Paul Garrin, 2min

Topic II by Pascal Baes, fragment 1

02. Smell the flowers while you can
based on 'No Longer Readymade' by Meg Stuart, 3min
directed by Johan Grimonprez
performed by Benoît Lachambre & Meg Stuart
with excerpts from 'Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration' (Vintage, 1991) by David Wojnarowicz
music by Hahn Rowe
voice by Michael Sears
camera by Carlos Akwaaka Mullins
edited by Rachel Lamisse

Topic II by Pascal Baes, fragment 2

03. Comment filmer Molenbeek?
Super-8 workshop in Molenbeek by Ciska Lambrechts
directed by Johan Grimonprez
films by workshop participants

Topic II by Pascal Baes, fragment 3

04. 's Dinsdags...
compilation from 'Kissy Suzuki Suck' by Alison Murray, 3min