effi and amir's side dish

Happy new 2012

2012-01-03T19:19:00.003+01:00

watch it here in a higher quality!

Even olives started small

2011-11-27T23:51:00.003+01:00

...and DON'T try to do it at home.
you can try this one instead

Griselles

2011-11-12T21:04:00.002+01:00

This week we gave a workshop where each participant (12 filmakers and video artists) had to make 2 films of one minute, representing an hour of brussels.
We couldn't resist making one ourselves, between 16:00 and 17:00.
The 24 films will be screened at the filmer a tout prix festival, coming monday.

Happy new year 5772

2011-10-10T10:03:00.003+02:00

may you be signed and sealed for a good year.
want to see it a bit bigger and better? try HERE

where we were on september 3rd

2011-09-04T16:24:00.004+02:00

last night's demonstration in tel-aviv, the most polite revolution attempt.
we are still trying to hope it's the beginning of a change while fearing it is actually the last gasp.

History in the making

2011-06-29T23:43:00.007+02:00

We spent last week in Athens giving our third and last video workshop in the BBB project.
It was hot in all senses of the word.

Apocalypse

2011-05-31T22:21:00.003+02:00

Well, the unbeatable Tirana strikes again.
The Avni rustemi market at night comes to life (or death. depends)

Tirana May 10th 12:40

2011-05-23T00:50:00.003+02:00

Yet another reason why we love Albania!

this week's tip

2011-05-17T10:19:00.004+02:00

How to be Albanian part II*, for those who are looking for short cuts, or just less talented.

* by Julian Trushi

Cinema City

2011-05-06T11:09:00.002+02:00

Skopje in daylight offers more than you think!

the doors

2011-04-23T21:05:00.004+02:00

a visit to bucharest is never a disappointment, even when it lasts only a few hours.
thanks for the check-in clerk who mistakenly sent our luggage straight to brussels
we visited this magnificent 24h super-hypermarket in search of a toothbrush
and found so much more...
some automatic doors are less generous.

tutorial

2011-04-07T09:14:00.004+02:00

Though shot in a restaurant in skopje, macedonia, this dish is totally albanian...
the in-born albanian skill explained by Ilir Kaso.
for more smokers tricks check here

carnival again

2011-03-18T11:35:00.004+01:00

...and it's carnival again @ perfect gym!
and again, we cannot resist it.

o-live

2011-03-06T19:08:00.002+01:00

a little sketch for a future work.
starring: an olive tree planted in memory of yitzhak rabin at Leopold parc, Brussels.

Kissballah

2011-02-26T22:43:00.002+01:00

An exchange deal took place this afternoon.

dropbox

2011-02-13T23:21:00.002+01:00

a bit of a magical melancholy to sweeten this long-long winter...
(which was actually shot in mid-summer at liège airport).

Satisfaction brought it back

2011-02-01T14:50:00.005+01:00

Another scene from the Israeli wildlife.
Shot in the National Park, Ramat-Gan (as well).

shameless bat

2011-01-14T09:38:00.003+01:00

This hungry bat was spotted yesterday night at Tel-Aviv, on King George street.
(this dish is dedicated to our friend and bats lover, Jan Tichy)

Happy New 2011

2010-12-30T08:41:00.007+01:00

wishing you an exceptional year!
on vous souhaite une année pas comme les autres!
מאחלים לכם שנה יוצאת מן הכלל
نتمنّالكم سنة مميّزة

For a better quality video and previous new-year greetings please visit:
www.effiandamir.net/greetings/2011.htm

a flock of flakes

2010-12-21T01:47:00.005+01:00

Can't resist it, totally overtaken by the christmas atmosphere. flakes are all over the place.
Just sit down and enjoy

snow ghosts

2010-12-05T22:56:00.002+01:00

look what we saw yesterday evening in the midst of the brussels snow.

this puppy goes to heaven

2010-11-21T14:16:00.006+01:00

Charlemagne Palestine at the Münster in Bern.

top cycling

2010-11-11T23:21:00.002+01:00

This spectacular bike ride is the work of Pieterjan Ginckels.
And the video is the work of our faithful HERO.

Urban Legend

2010-11-01T18:27:00.002+01:00

Another roof story from the heart of europe

eye witness

2010-10-26T10:01:00.002+02:00

Just testing some ideas... and we're not the first ones, we know.
Hope no one's got too scared.

RomaniainamoR

2010-10-14T18:24:00.005+02:00

yet another one from our trip to romania.
had to try hard not to put some techno music. hope you appriciate the effort!

Life in a bubble

2010-10-03T10:42:00.003+02:00

spotted on a desperately hot day in a shoping mall, Rosh Pina.

A quote:
קניון החאן בראש פינה בנוי כולו מאבנים עתיקות מרחבי העולם, בין האבנים יש אבן שהובאה מפרס. כל האבנים האלה נוצקו לתוך הקירות וכל אבן והסיפור שלה. המבנה של הקניון עצמו הוא מהיפים בצפון בחאן פועלת מזרקה מיוחדת שכמותה יש רק שתיים בעולם, המזרקה שמשלבת מוסיקה, מים, אש ואור וזיקוקין, ויוצרת מופע ייחודי, בלילה

The Khan Mall in Rosh Pina is intirely built of old stones from around the world. Among them a stone brought from Persia. All the stones were molded into the walls, each stone and her story. The mall building is one of the prettiest in the north. It has a a special fountain, only 2 fountains like this exist worldwide. It combines music, water, fire, light and fireworks and creates a unique night spectacle.

Now, isn't that great!

on the road to sighi

2010-09-25T09:58:00.004+02:00

On the very slow train to vlad's hometown, august 2010.

Happy New 5771

2010-09-11T02:01:00.005+02:00

Turn your speakers on!
For a higher resolution version check our website
And click here for more information about the Shofar and the devil inside it.

jesus is not alone

2010-08-31T08:47:00.004+02:00

water striders in action, shot on a hot day at a spot nick-named "paradise", in Tel Dan, the main source of the Jordan river.

refreshment

2010-08-21T19:22:00.005+02:00

during one of those end-of-the-heat storms in Sighisoara.
wish we could have one right here. NOW.

erected

2010-08-16T17:15:00.002+02:00

Temporary afternoon impotency next to Baciului, Slanic Prahova , Romania.

Kürtőskalács

2010-08-06T14:56:00.003+02:00

BBQing Transylvania style.
here's a selection of the final product.

Our Little Hero

2010-07-19T22:16:00.002+02:00

our new little cam is taking its first bath.

Tour de place

2010-07-05T11:49:00.002+02:00

being tourist in our own city.

I know beauty

2010-06-14T16:48:00.002+02:00

I am angry I am ill and I'm as ugly as sin
My irritability keeps me alive and kicking
I know the meaning of life, it doesn't help me a bit
I know beauty and I know a good thing when I see it

This is a song from under the floorboards
This is a song from where the wall is cracked
My force of habit, I am an insect
I have to confess I'm proud as hell of that fact

Sonic Therapy

2010-06-01T22:44:00.003+02:00

amir is undergoing a sonic therapy last saturday at Netwerk .
"yes, he is a better person now" sais effi

Your sanity and wits they will all vanish, I promise

2010-05-14T22:31:00.005+02:00

Last night at the Gogol Bordello* concert**, which was no doubt one of the best ever.
so, yeah... I start wearing purple!

this our last concert for this spring, next week we will have to come up with something totally different.

* more of the undestructable familia
** @ botanique, at 300 meters from our home, now isn't that nice? and the audience was just as crazy as they should. perfect.

mute concert

2010-05-10T00:21:00.004+02:00

LCD soundsystem in concert, or rather, their audience. last week @ the ancienne belgique.

we love H2

2010-05-03T00:17:00.003+02:00

a (sponteneous) dance with Qusay. after the closing event of our Hebron workshop.

double johnston

2010-04-22T20:45:00.003+02:00

two little videos from the concert of legendary daniel johnston we've been to last week.
true love will find you in the end.

warming up

2010-04-08T22:24:00.004+02:00

sound: Justin Bennett. image: the gaz lamp that rescued us from freeeezzzzing during his concert.
shot at Netwerk, Aalst.

the mysterious roof life of brussels

2010-03-22T23:26:00.004+01:00

it seems like the roofs of brussels are quite a vivid place. still, we have no idea what our neighbor was after on that particular first spring day's afternoon.

Shoe box blues

2010-03-14T22:46:00.003+01:00

Walid Abu-Eishe playing his home made Oud during a shooting break. last week in Tel Rumeida, Hebron.

first lunch in Hebron

2010-03-06T20:50:00.003+01:00

this is definately not a side dish!

(first day of our video workshop in Hebron H2)

crossing cross

2010-03-01T00:25:00.002+01:00

The other end of the Basler motorless ferry that crosses the Rhine.

perfect gym

2010-02-22T17:11:00.004+01:00

it's carnival again at "perfect gym".
(sorry, their website is dead...)

guided tour

2010-02-07T00:00:00.004+01:00

this is not the Magritte museum
it's just the the audio-guided-tour.

tea time

2010-01-31T18:03:00.008+01:00

It's our friend and neighbor Mustafa, who is honored (and has honored us!) with the 100th dish!
shot last week after a lovely dinner at his place.
(info about the music will follow)

doggy bag

2010-01-22T22:52:00.004+01:00

september 2009, Liège airport, nevertheless.

the inevitable

2010-01-14T10:25:00.004+01:00

yes, yes, we too film the carwash womblike experience whenever we get the chance to go through one... this one was shot in Ramat Gan, last august and it surely feels like summer.

לא לבלום, אני עולה לבד
don't brake, i go up by myself
ne pas freiner, je monte tout seul

Happy New

2010-01-01T18:19:00.008+01:00

here we go again... it's greeting time!
for a better quality version (recommended) check our website

yesterday's only take off

2009-12-22T00:02:00.003+01:00

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

eye of the storm part 2

2009-12-04T12:17:00.007+01:00

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)

at the eye of the storm (part 1)

2009-11-25T19:55:00.006+01:00

the storm, as viewed from our window last monday afternoon.

roof party

2009-11-16T22:57:00.003+01:00

and old one we dug up in our wine cellar... it gets better with the years! (shot on the roof at Netwerk, aalst)
and, just for the fun:
Christ has told his mother
Christ he told her not to bother
'Cos he's alright in the city
'Cos he's high above the ground
He's just hanging around

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

2009-11-02T11:46:00.006+01:00

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

magnetic touch

2009-10-28T17:59:00.002+01:00

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

arrête!

2009-10-22T08:59:00.006+02:00

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

alien in my window

2009-10-14T11:11:00.003+02:00

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.

blow

2009-10-06T01:02:00.004+02:00

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).

SHANA TOVA 5770

2009-09-18T00:25:00.007+02:00

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.

yoohooooo

2009-09-14T00:10:00.004+02:00

Antwerpen, Thursday night in a parking lot.
a happening by Potential estate

eastern wind

2009-09-05T10:15:00.003+02:00

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

holification

2009-08-22T09:33:00.004+02:00

The Stone of the Anointing last week at the holy sepulchure.

forty and a day

2009-08-11T09:22:00.004+02:00

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

streching

2009-08-05T21:12:00.006+02:00

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)

la vie est belge

2009-07-27T21:02:00.004+02:00

"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)

Stray Gilles

2009-07-21T22:32:00.006+02:00

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

RE-recycling

2009-07-12T21:11:00.003+02:00

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

king midas has donkey's ears

2009-07-06T00:38:00.005+02:00

a walk through whispering reeds. definately a deafening experience

An Ultimate Lullaby

2009-06-28T22:24:00.010+02:00

a quiet saturday walk in bois de la basse, ended up, unexpectedly, in a big noise. but this too was pastoral enough.

keep rolling!

2009-06-21T23:55:00.004+02:00

...and it's another one from our beloved Tirana.

beam me up

2009-06-15T01:23:00.005+02:00

a moment of panic in the Hammetschwand Lift way above the lake of Lucerne.

it's water under the bridge

2009-06-08T16:02:00.004+02:00

same river, same bridge, same balcony, 112 years later.
shot yesterday morning, before checking out.

HA SHLOSHARIM

2009-06-02T00:01:00.004+02:00

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.

moses, david and all the gang

2009-05-25T14:34:00.004+02:00

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

flower power

2009-05-17T18:09:00.000+02:00

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

red headish dish

2009-05-10T19:23:00.007+02:00

Tomer, Amir's nephew performing his Saturday morning nintendo excercise

crying wolf (2)

2009-05-03T22:50:00.003+02:00

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)

royal sunbath

2009-04-25T22:50:00.006+02:00

tirana park, saturday, midday.

BucharesTears

2009-04-18T18:23:00.004+02:00

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.

albania in NATO

2009-04-15T10:50:00.004+02:00

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.

hugging goethe

2009-04-04T13:40:00.006+02:00

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.

floating

2009-03-28T23:48:00.003+01:00

7 am at the market

the big wipe

2009-03-16T21:53:00.005+01:00

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

after the fire, the fire still burns

2009-03-08T23:51:00.004+01:00

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.

16 hours monochrome

2009-03-01T19:58:00.007+01:00

it's not that we are bored but the challenge was irresistible.

want to get yourself one?

carnival

2009-02-22T23:54:00.004+01:00

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)

Peep show

2009-02-15T00:06:00.007+01:00

"...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!

API-ness Is...

2009-02-09T22:03:00.004+01:00

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.

dancing genetic sculptures

2009-01-31T19:38:00.006+01:00

today at the MuHKA, during the opening of the exhibition of Jacques Lizène, 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.

death is dead

2009-01-26T01:03:00.004+01:00

from today's anti-death demonstration in brussels (titled "la mort commence à 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.

cease fire side-dish

2009-01-19T01:42:00.004+01:00

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.

cry(ing) wolf

2009-01-11T14:40:00.004+01:00

a wolf (in a sheep skin) howling silently in the shopping mall.

a brand new year

2008-12-30T22:14:00.004+01:00

here it comes. 2009.
for a better quality and a downloadable version see here

it's a party!

2008-12-27T19:22:00.027+01:00

a big thanks to those who sent us their tasety dishes!
and thank you too, those who meant to send some but didn't manage to...
and now, to the table!
(in the spirit of our non-hirarchy policy, the dishes appear in alphabetic order of their makers name)

barbara meyer cesta - ants
(now, how about this for a starter!)

barbara meyer cesta - madonna de saulcy

barbara meyer cesta- still alive

barbara meyer cesta -swiss tsunami

barbara meyer cesta - singing mountain 4274m

A homage to "I'll meet you here", a homage by David Horvitz to Bas Jan Ader from Caleb Engstrom on Vimeo.

cristina ohlmer - Sommerende 2007, ©CO2008

christoph Oertli - bayram

Henry Gwiazda - claudia and paul 7:04 am

Henry Gwiazda - claudia and paul 2:14 am

Henry Gwiazda - in bed with light

Henry Gwiazda - topless with church bell

irina birger - the end of the beginning

jan tichy - the MAM

MaryClare Brzytwa

max sackstein

max sackstein

ran slavin -Alenbi moment

ran slavin - Highway moment

su tomesen - police
The short video Police, shot at Tienanmen square in Beijing, shows a stationary police car at dusk. The blue rotating lights on the car are operating. Slowly some, in first instance curious, policemen appear in the frame.
The video was exhibited during the Videosummer in Petersburg Project Space in Amsterdam. In November Police was nominated for an Award at The One Minutes Award Night 2008 in Paradiso by jury member Hansje van Etten from Holland Doc / VPRO.

su tomesen - scraping
The short video Scraping was shot at Tienanmen square in Beijing shortly before the start of the Olympic Games. Scraping shows a small army of Chinese working at the square. They remove chewing gum and other dirt.
The video was nominated for a One Minute Award at The One Minutes Award Night 2008 in Paradiso by jury member Mieke Bernink of the Filmacademy.

tal sterngast - מכתב מנסיעה מדומה

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pffewh...

anything for desert?
you bet.
coming soon, right on new year's day.

hyperventilation

2008-12-20T14:37:00.007+01:00

Panic on the the streets of brussels.
an october storm, 3AM.

the light before the light at the end of the tunnel

2008-12-13T14:35:00.004+01:00

currently holding the record for the longest title in this blog, this video was shot in the land of tunnels, august 2008.

stare case

2008-12-07T20:36:00.004+01:00

communicating with a typical swiss building at estavayer-le-lac, august 2008.
yes, it was sunny, back then.