Eva Giolo, Rebecca

Jane Arthur, Katja

Mater, Sirah

Foighel Brutmann &

Eitan Efrat, Maaike

Neuville

The curators invited a group of artists to be inspired by the work of the well-known, Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman. They specifically presented them News from Home, the 1976 feature film with two equal main characters: the island of Manhattan, New York where the director resides and her mother in Brussels who, through a stream of letters, demands increasingly urgent news.

The group was asked to make one film together: each with their own voice, style, and starting point. During the working process, questions arose such as: how do you as an artist relate to another film practice, how do you create a collective work while maintaining your individuality? You’ll see no less than five different films within one kaleidoscopc film: Stone, Hat, Ribbon and Rose by Eva Giolo, Barefoot Birthdays on Unbreakable Glass by Rebecca Jane Arthur, When Things Fall Apart by Katja Mater, Un Âne by Sirah Foighel Brutmann and Eitan Efrat, and The possibility of being sea by Maaike Neuville. Details such as letters and metros, and themes such as dislocation, detached city life, alienation versus feeling at home, distance versus proximity, and the mother-daughter relationship echo Akerman’s films.

Unfortunately, the artists are no longer able to engage directly with the filmmaker, who passed away in 2015. However, this brand new work attests to a way of engaging in dialogue with her work.

yours, is the first film produced by kunstencentrum nona.

Screenings: 11:30, 13:00, 14:30, 16:00 (access with C0N10UR-pass), every Wed-Sun, from Sep. 9th until Nov 5. With the C0N10UR-pass you can visit the complete biennial in nona, De Garage, Museum Hof van Busleyden and 7 film screenings in Cinema Lumière Mechelen.