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Sasha Waltz
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BRUGGE 2002
Malpertuis (Harry Kümel) and The Nun’s Story (Fred Zimmerman) are two classic
films that were partly canned in Bruges. Both films could exceptionally be seen on the
white screen again during the BRUGGE 2002 film month. A recently restored version
of Malpertuis was screened in the presence of the director, and the talk afterwards in
De Republiek presented a genuine testimony to a piece of Flemish film history.
Workshop
BRUGGE 2002 wanted to signify a boost for the organisation of specialised workshops
and master classes, which in time could make Bruges a meeting place for artistic creation
and extra training. Not only was there the short film Het oog van de Zee (The Eye
of the Sea), but also, during Cinema Novo, a master class of several days was arranged
for students of the RITS and Sint-Lukas Brussels, which had them under the spell of
Japanese film director Masahiro Kobayashi. Young movie enthusiasts were also able
to venture to take their first steps in film making under expertise guidance during the
aforementioned short film project El Fish d’Or organised by the non profit organisation
Q-tag.
Coming across images
Throughout the year the public had the opportunity to see all kinds of short film projects.
A series of wide-picture screens at various sites, such as the House 2002 and the
Culture Desk, together with other temporary locations in the inner city and the outdoor
screen at the Concertgebouw, acted as public screening sites. During the cultural
year a fascinating dynamic of experiment, young talent and less well-known talent
was on display at these sites. For example, there was the short film cycle put on by
Cinema Novo in the city, in which seven short films from Africa, Asia and Latin
America were given a public forum. Format 2002 presented the unforgettable
Pedestrian at and around the Concertgebouw, David Neirings had his images permeated
by urban spatiality rotating on the screens during Station2Station, and young
Europeans brought one minute’s worth of early film experiences to the screen every
evening for a week during the school project Seven Joys/Seven Senses, and so on…
New media
New media were not the most striking part of the programme, but they were present
in various projects, for example in the KIR festival, with an Internet project with
Honoré ∂’O and a multimedia installation with Mo Becha and David Neirings.
There was The People Network (see Literature and Debate) and the project ’t Kl!kt, an
Internet project for the neighbourhoods, and there were website projects here and
there, but an up-to-the-minute awareness of the new media and technological applications
in art appeared to be practically non-existent. However, new technology and
media were the explicit point of departure for the new festival Format 2002, which was
organised in co-operation with the Cultural Centre.