Jef Lambrecht
A partial and introductory presentation of the artistic activities of Jef Lambrecht, journalist, writer, poet, critic and artist. Based on the ongoing research of his archives at the CKV (Flemish Centre for Art Archives) - here a selection that is updated occasionally and will lead to a more complete overview in future...
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Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK
(c)video still: AMVK
Nursing Care, in Melancholy Stupor, 1999
"Theme: melancholy and how to make it a positive force.
The animation was the main theme of “Nursing Care, in Melancholy Stupor”, the fourth show of the HeadNurse cycle, which started in 1995. The HeadNurse cycle is a “Sex & Technology” project, using the therapeutic strength in beauty and has as subtitle: “Elasticity at Home”. It is an alchemistic attempt to undisclose the corrupted alliance in massmedia between the commercialization of lust and the banalisation of violence.
Using the structure of Baroque music and philosophy, the movies of “Nursing Care, in Melancholy Stupor” are impregnated by the essence of Leibnizer philosophy: the criterium of substance is its activity, its power.
The alchemist state of this work is situated in the phase of ‘glowing out’: the battle between dark and light, the diagonale. Mixing virtuosity, calculation and emotion."
− AMVK
Sound: samples of soundtrack of Bladerunner + environemental sound
Contributors: Marc Vanrunxt and Tom Barman
Interactivity: Danny Devos
Producer: Club Moral
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