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Our 9th edition of the Work Sessions* will be like no other before! For the first time, we are hosting the roundtable conversations online. The Work Sessions will be moderated by our curator, Anna Manubens, and will take place between June and September.
Work Session artists and producers: Knut Åsdam (OsloBiennalen and Nordland Art and Film School, NO), Manon de Boer and Latifa Laâbissi (Auguste Orts, BE, and Figure Project, FR), Wim Catrysse (Escautville, BE), and Santiago Reyes Villaveces (Ilona Jurkonytė, LT).
Learn more about their projects here.
*Work Sessions: roundtable meetings for artists to share projects in development with a small group of invited professionals in order to receive conceptual and strategic feedback and to connect with prospective co-producers, or agents of institutions or events.
The On & For Work Sessions are kindly supported by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund.
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Production Models is aimed at sharing knowledge between artists, producers and other cultural agents on the intricacies and conditions of artists’ moving image (AMI) [removed];Originally devised as a public seminar, Production Models now invites arts professionals to reflect on the various modes, realities, and possible futures of production in a series of printed reflections, which will be posted between June and December online. Participants include: Leonardo Bigazzi ( Lo Schermo dell’arte, IT), Marie Logie ( Auguste Orts, BE), María Palacios Cruz ( Elias Querejeta Zine Eskola, ES), Anže Peršin ( Stenar Projects, PT), Niels Van Tomme ( ARGOS, BE). More names to be announced [removed];
Learn more here.
On & For Production Models is kindly supported by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund.
Image: Graphic design by Lou Schaub
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As the Production Models seminar would have taken place in Brussels, the series of Production Models reflections begins by taking a closer look at the history and landscape of the audiovisual field in Flanders as described by María Palacios Cruz in her text ‘ Let me be your guide: Artists’ Moving Image in Flanders‘ (2020):
Whilst many of Flanders’s internationally recognised artists place the moving image at the centre of their practice, there is also a plethora of publicly funded organisations, both large and small, committed to supporting and showcasing moving image art. The complex network formed by these organisations, together with artists, curators, writers, art schools, universities and public funding bodies, constitutes the basis for a sustainable culture of artistic experimentation for the moving image.
Read the full article here.
Palacios Cruz‘s article contextualises the moving image scene in which On & For is based, Brussels, and offers us an overview of modes of creation and of operation as implemented by artists in Flanders from the 1970s up until [removed];With multiple examples of artists, artworks and organisations that have made a resounding impact on moving image production and presentation, she draws a colourful landscape of the initiatives that make up this rich local fabric. And although outlining its strengths, she reminds us of the precarity of an environment reliant on public funding and calls on the sector for ‘togetherness’. As in a climate of culture budget cuts, it should not be forgotten that ‘those who are always more at risk – the small structures, the artists themselves – are those who are more directly responsible for the sector’s dynamism.’
As a cooperative European project, On & For is affected most prominently by the article’s takeaways on the spirit of collaboration and the power of small-scale initiatives [removed];
The ensuing reflections on AMI production (Production Models) will look at the conditions of production from varying standpoints: from artists to film programmers, from arts institutions to freelance curators, and from artist-run production platforms to independent producers from across [removed];We aim to bring together the multiple voices behind the great wheels of production and their modes of operation to the [removed];
‘Let me be your guide: Artists’ Moving Image in Flanders’ was commissioned and published by Flanders Arts Institute this spring.
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Production for Dummies is a workshop on the basics of production for students, graduates, and emerging artists’ moving image makers. It will address such questions as how to find a production platform for their film, how to define the relationship between themselves and the producer, how to make a budget or determine a suitable calendar for the production process, [removed];
Production for Dummies will map out a general overview of the regional (Brussels) and national (Belgium) production landscape, promoting local open calls and support networks. Atelier Graphoui and ARGOS will present and discuss their knowledge and experience in production, their studios and facilities, and how they support artists.
Production for Dummies workshop will be given by Andrea Cinel (Head Curator at ARGOS) and Ellen Meiresonne (Production Manager at Atelier Graphoui) in autumn 2020.
It is yet to be seen if this event can occur live, in Brussels, or not, in which case we would opt for a web-workshop. We will follow the then current safety recommendations of the [removed];The date and registration for the autumn event will, thus, be launched after the summer.
Learn more here.
On & For Production for Dummies is kindly supported by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund, ARGOS, and Atelier Graphoui.
Image: Graphic design by Lou Schaub
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Distribution Now
Last Brussels edition of On & For (2019), we dedicated a day to contemplating the future of artists’ moving image distribution. We commissioned an article by Nina de Vroome on our seminar Distribution Models in which she asked herself: ‘What is the capacity of filmmakers [today] to show their films? Are they modern-day pilgrims, who diffuse their work personally, or are there ways to let the film travel for them?’ and states that ‘a finished film only starts to exist when it can be shown.’
At that time, we could never have contemplated the closing of cinemas or the restriction of shared live viewing. Now, in times of being at a social distance, we are watching new forms of distribution emerge. Visions de Réel, our partners from last year’s Work Sessions in Nyon, hosted their first online edition of their film festival this spring. Film sharing platforms, such as our Distribution Models guest Doc Alliance Films, are gaining traction. Other guest speakers from our seminar have since launched viewing from home platforms, such as ARGOS with their ARGOS TV, or LUX, who are not only organising online screenings but also hosting regular discursive online seminars with filmmakers and theorists. And although films from our Work Sessions are coming to fruition to be met without a collected cinema audience, there is a new online audience being established by such aforementioned organisations. From our Work Sessions 2019 Brussels edition, the film One by Anouk De Clercq was recently finished and is now meeting this new online audience. As of today, One can be viewed online via Vienna Shorts (28 May to 2 June) by Austrian audiences.
As de Vroome put it, ‘there are a multitude of different approaches to making a film present and to preserve its existence in the future’. We are now in a stage of adaptation to the new trends and eager to watch and reflect on how distribution will take [removed];
Read ‘A Motley Landscape. How Films Travel‘ by Nina de Vroome here.
Listen to the audio recording of Distribution Models here.
Image © One (2020), Anouk De Clercq
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