Secret History of the Dividing Line

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One of the central filmmakers in the 2010 edition of the Courtisane Festival will be David Gatten. Since the mid 1990’s, Gatten’s serenely beautiful handmade films have employed experimental techniques—cellophane tape ink transfers to optical printing—to explore the relationships between text and image, while at the same time investigating the shifting vocabularies of experience and representation within intimate spaces and historical documents. We’ll be showing one of his recent works (’Journal and

Posted at 1pm on 02/02/10 | no comments | Filed Under: Events, Indeterminate Cinema, Vital Signs read on

COURTISANE festival 2010 // preview

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YES, it’s that time of the year again. The 2010 edition of the Courtisane festival will take place from March 17th till 21st, on several locations in Gent.

As always, Courtisane 2010 will present a broad selection of recent Belgian and international film and video works, bringing together an exciting mix of up and coming young talent and established names. On top of that, two thematic evenings will be filled with performances, installations

Posted at 11pm on 01/25/10 | no comments | Filed Under: Events read on