On & For Production

SEMINAR The “how” is unavoidably entangled with the “what”

Thursday 21 April, 10am-5pm
Erg (87 rue du Page, 1050 Bruxelles)

Articulated as a series of four in-depth conversations, the seminar unpacks the intricate relationship between concept and production choices in moving image practices. That is, between what a film is about and how one decides to execute it, to show it and eventually to let others take care of it. Four films (some completed; some in process) will provide the ground for a discussion with their filmmakers on the beauty of (or the struggle for) coherence between a film and the conditions under which it is brought to exist.

With: Corinne Diserens, Babak Afrasiabi & Nasrin Tabatabai, Anna Manubens, Ellen Meiresonne, Christine Meisner, María Palacios Cruz, Laurence Rassel, Penny Siopis and Fabrizio Terranova.

Case studies:
Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival by Fabrizzio Terranova (in production)
Disquieting Nature by Christine Meisner (2012)
Persian Story by Nasrin Tabatabai & Babak Afrasiabi (2013)
The New Parthenon by Penny Siopis (in production)

Visual report.

PROFESSIONAL WORK SESSIONS (on invitation only)

The professional work sessions provide a platform for artists to share projects in development with a small group of invited professionals in order to receive conceptual and strategic feedback and to connect with prospective co-producers. The sessions are conceived as an adaptation from cinema industry models in response to the specific demands of the contemporary art context.

Projects:
For Now by Herman Asselberghs (BE) (producer: Auguste Orts, BE)
Complaints and Apologies by Rachel Reupke (GB) (producer: LUX, GB)
Pyramids by Pilar Álvarez (ES) (producer: CA2M, ES)
AKA Jihadi by Eric Baudelaire (FR) (producer: Tabakalera, ES & contour, BE)

SCREENING Letter of Complaint & other works by Rachel Reupke

Friday 22 April, 8.30pm
Beursschouwburg (Rue A. Ortsstraat 20-28, 1000 Brussel)
8/5€ tickets, please visit Beursschouwburg website to book

WE WILL ALSO BE AT

SEEING IN THE DARK 13 April – 14 May CINEMATEK (Rue Baron Horta 9, 1000 Bruxelles) – 4€ tickets, please visit CINEMATEK
Seeing in the Dark is the result of a “carte blanche” invitation from CINEMATEK to the artist Anouk De Clercq. Its starting point is Anouk De Clercq‘s 35mm film Black which is an ode to the darkness of a movie theatre. Held in collaboration with Art Brussels and with the support of On & For Production.

READING THE LENS – Evidence Today, Fiction Tomorrow
23 April, 7.30 pm Villa Empain (Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 67, 1050 Brussels)
Contour Biennale & curator Natasha Ginwala in conversation with filmmakers and artists: Louis Henderson, Basir Mahmood and Judy Radul. Held in collaboration with Boghossian Foundation.

Commissioned report by Werker Magazine.