Middle Gate

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    The exhibition project Middle Gate II – The Story of Dymphna is a collaboration between M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp) and the cultural centre de Werft in Geel. Middle Gate II is the follow up to the exhibition Middle Gate, curated by Jan Hoet in Geel in 2013. The exhibition concept is closely tied to the legend of the holy Dymphna, saint of the possessed, the mentally ill and patroness against epilepsy and insanity. The legend of Dymphna shares a strong connection to the identity of Geel, "the charitable city".

    Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK

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    (c)video still: AMVK
    Description d’un object (inexistent qu’on manipule quand-même), 2002
    Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK
    Video , 00:02:44
    computer animation

    This video is part of the total project “Title Safe”, originated by Walter Verdin.  Walter Verdin asked some collegues-videomakers (BAdrienne Altenhaus, Christel Coppens, Maïder Fortuné, Jo Huybrechts, Octavio Iturbe, Frank Theys, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven & Francis Vranckx ) to make a short video for the creation of TITLE SAFE. There is no fixed theme; the artists can work autonomously according to some simple rythmic and technical editing rules. The videos are shown one after the other as strophes of a long musical composition and interchanged with a musical theme (chorus) which Verdin composes and plays with various live musicians. The beat is fixed and is the only reference: 125 BPM, or 12 frames per beat. 

    − AMVK

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