UITMARKT 2011 NIMk program

Jacco Olivier Stumble (NL, 2009, 3'36”) A beetle lies on its back, its legs wriggling about in the air. It is a miniature characteristic for Olivier. The artist seizes on the mini-anecdote to paint the bug in quick, varied brush strokes, in all sorts of landscapes and weather conditions. When combined in an animation, these colorful paintings make up a day in the life of the beetle. When evening falls the crickets strike up their song, and the beetle finally manages to right itself.

Lernert & Sander Revenge: Bottle of Champagne (NL, 2009, 1'35”, HD), Revenge: Bowling Ball (NL, 2009, 0'29”, HD), Revenge: Hammer (NL, 2009, 0'34”, HD) ''Revenge' is a series of short videos, originally part of a two-hour documentary about revenge for VPRO television. The ingredients: a bottle of champagne, waiting to be opened. And the laws of physics. The objective: sweet revenge.

Nicolas Provost Suspension (BE, 2007, 3'00”) Letting go of realist constraints, and going back to the mirror images of some of Provost's famous previous works, we are diving into a cosmic ocean of ever metamorphosing baroque circumvolitions in which our minds try to capture reassuring forms before letting the ghostly demons blur our vision.

Nicolas Provost Gravity (BE, 2007, 6’12”) The cinematic kiss is probably one of the most archetypical images to be found in film history. It is usually a reassuring and sometimes climactic element in a movie’s storyline. Not in Nicolas Provost’s ‘Gravity’ though: with stroboscopic effects, more than a dozen kissing scenes, most from stereotypical 1950s romantic dramas, are edited together and superimposed. Narrative is subverted as the kissing is isolated from its context entirely; the action slows down and flickers back and forth. Every now and then, shots from different films overlap and match; protagonists merge and diverge again a few seconds later. The sugary and dramatic soundtrack of romantic film music contrasts with the deconstructed images; together, they form a dazzling 6-minute vertigo where love becomes a passionate battle.