Frank Theys, Nikolaas Demoen and SoundImageCulture

Frank Theys – Nachtkoorts (Night Fever)

In Netwerk Theys presents the new film installation Night Fever, a portrait of a character with an anxiety disorder. The installation is a free variation on Kafka’s The Cave. The work depicts a man trapped in his own house, his own world, where he cultivates his fear uncertain begging for help. Image, sound, editing and layout are constructed in a way to bring this disturbing experience and identity over the public as vividly as possible, to allow them to literally crawl within the head of the character. To achieve this, the artist explores the consequences of editing techniques applied to a multi-screen setup. www.frank-theys.net

Nikolaas Demoen -  The Unknown (closes 20 October)

SoundImageCulture – Poetics of Observation

Created in 2007, SoundImageCulture is a Brussels-based workspace proposing a yearly nine-month programme for artists, filmmakers and social scientists to develop artistic projects operating in the intersection between anthropology, documentary and audiovisual art. This exhibition presents a selective survey of the work produced during the first five editions of the programme, although just like at SIC, the emphasis will not be on the “results” but first and foremost on the engaged creative and reflexive process itself. Bringing the participants to interrogate – formally and ethically – their relation both to their audience and to their subject, SIC raises a question fundamental to all documentary practice: how to represent the other?