Tuesday, December 22, 2009

yesterday's only take off



while all Belgian airports were paralyzed due to the heavy snow, we were privileged to attend a spectacular take off

Friday, December 4, 2009

eye of the storm part 2




still under the impression of last week's storm. (it looks as if it was the end of it, but it turned out to be just a very temporary break)

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Monday, November 2, 2009

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof



Friday evening at Christoph, Thomas and Elke's house-warming party.
we were shooting the other party, just across the street.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

magnetic touch


two hands, a magnetic recorder (for those of us who still remember what it is) and lots of coordination.
It's
Lionel Marchetti, last night after Karen Vanderborght's premiere of her new video EDIMMU
ps. if it is too dark on your screen and you barely see a thing, enjoy the sound

Thursday, October 22, 2009

arrĂȘte!



Last saturday we went for a speed visit to Amsterdam, to attend the "stranger festival" awards ceremony as three (!!!) films we produced at the Burundi workshop in august 2008 were nominated. And yes, one of them won, in the "one minute of freedom" category. It's Anicet Miburo's movie about a child warrior that comes to a dead end. Unfortunately Anicet wasn't there to receive the prize (a video camera, that hopefully will be sent to him) and the least we can do is give him some space (and applauds) among our dishes.
> see the other two nominated movies:
Manger...!(eat...!) and Bon Voyage
> see all the
Burundi workshop movies

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

alien in my window



we have just moved (temporarily) to friends' place, where we will spend the coming weeks or rather months, and we found out we have company! our own private 80's alien is peeping in owr window every evening. it must try to tell us something.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

blow



a typicaly windy day in amsterdam zuid, with an untypical decor. have no idea what the hell was that all about. anyway, that's already the second pig that features in our kitchen (never promised to be Kosher).

Friday, September 18, 2009

SHANA TOVA 5770



our very best wishes for a very good new (jewish) year!
please check our website for a better quality version and a downloable QT,
and for previous new year greetings.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Saturday, September 5, 2009

eastern wind



we shot this hard working colleague at Hammam Banat Yaacoub, where the Jordan starts its descent between the mountains to the sea of Galilee.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

forty and a day



amir, today you are forty and a day
and each time you leave we have the same dream:
that you'd be back and play with us
all day long
you were here only three months ago
but
to us it seems like years
when you arrive the room fills up with joy
and we love you
very much

nice, optimist and considerate
smart, successful and loving
and you will stay forever young
at heart

amir, 40 years have passed so fast
and you're still... picking your nose!
i didn't know how to end
so i will simply say happy birthday and
mazal tov

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

streching




no, we're not in israel yet... this is the heart of europe. great fun at the Parc Royal, on the belgian national day.
(21.07.2009)

Monday, July 27, 2009

la vie est belge



"let the exiled, who came from asia and africa to seek some humanity among the belges, stay...
we, the occupants of the place st. lazar say thank you to the police, the mayor, the maraude [centre for urgent social action] to the neighbors and all the others, a big thank you from the bottom of our hearts "


shot today at place st. Lazare, 200 m. from the city center.

for further reading (in french)

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Stray Gilles




We went hunting on the Belgian national day, and look what we caught hiding between mountains of frites and gauffres-

an ostrich!

Sunday, July 12, 2009

RE-recycling



a magic mountain just out of bucharest.
with thanks to alexandra who showed us the place.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Monday, June 8, 2009

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

HA SHLOSHARIM



Denald, Keli and Vini (and Sabir at the wheel) performing a morning gag before another day of shooting in Tirana.
this time the link goes with the title.

Monday, May 25, 2009

moses, david and all the gang



shot in our beloved București, March 2009 next to the art academy.
ever wondered how venus of milo lost her arms?

Sunday, May 17, 2009

flower power



a woman selling knitted flowers at skanderbeg square, tirana (april 2009)
not SO interesting but surely reflects her job.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Sunday, May 3, 2009

crying wolf (2)



shot at the saddest zoo we've ever been to.
some wolves don't know how lucky they are.

(many thanks to Edrin for taking us there)

Saturday, April 18, 2009

BucharesTears



a gray early morning in bucharest (that later developed into a beautiful day) as seen from our window at the guest room at the students' house of the art university. bucharest was crying and the millions of kilometers of its cables were shedding countless tears.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

albania in NATO



we arrived in albania on sunday the 5th, when albania was celebrating its new status as NATO member, officially declared just a day before, on april 4 2009. dozens of thousands gathered in the skanderbeg square, but the off stage acts were not less spectacular.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

hugging goethe



we've been told that nothing happens in the parks of bucharest at night. so one evening we went to visit Herăstrău park, and hey, something did.
maybe for a short moment Goethe was less lonely.

Monday, March 16, 2009

the big wipe



last weekend, at a fancy but lousy restaurant.
but hey, the company was great.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

after the fire, the fire still burns



here's something to celebrate the end of winter.
as
said the poet : after the fire, the fire still burns.
shot
this week by amir while staying at the Golden Tulip hotel before a shooting day in Alkmaar.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

16 hours monochrome



it's not that we are bored but the challenge was irresistible.
want to get yourself one?

Sunday, February 22, 2009

carnival



it's the carnival time! but even this wasn't an excuse to skip our favorite sunday bodypump class.
as you can see, thanks to the one and only jean-bruno, we had "Le beurre et l'argent du beurre". (translation)


Sunday, February 15, 2009

Peep show




"...The unveiled way in which Lambeaux depicted the male and female nude was highly debated in the press. The relief depicting uninhibited nudes in any manner of carnal delights caused scandal. Nudity was not the only problem: the representation of the crucified Christ below Death outraged conservative Belgium
. The open building was concealed from public view with a wooden barricade only three days after its first public presentation."
(The Temple Of Human Passions, wikipedia)
next time you're around, don't say we didn't tell you!
by the way, the beautiful blue sky in the beginning of the dish is not computer generated, we swear to god!

Monday, February 9, 2009

API-ness Is...



it seems like we have finally finished our little movie about the API (art pie international), commissioned by the
kunstvlaai organization... here's the three first minutes of the 17 it consists of.
the dvd will be out soon in 3000 copies.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

dancing genetic sculptures



today at the MuHKA, during the opening of the exhibition of Jacques LizÚne, artiste de la médiocrité.
on the flags one of his "genetic sculptures", in this case a hybrid of the wallonian cock and the flemish lion.

Monday, January 26, 2009

death is dead



from today's anti-death demonstration in brussels (titled "la mort commence Ă  bien faire" and in free translation: we're fed up with death), that endded with a solemn berrial ceremony, at the beautiful cemetery of Laeken.

Monday, January 19, 2009

cease fire side-dish



Hanoukah is long gone but it's never the wrong moment to light a candle, some would say.
here (december 2007), Christiano is lighting the hanoukiyah in miss universe style.

Sunday, January 11, 2009