Selection 9: Wim Janssen
In the presence of Wim Janssen
Courtisane is een platform voor film en audiovisuele kunsten. In de vorm van een jaarlijks festival, filmvertoningen, gesprekken en publicaties onderzoeken we de relaties tussen beeld en wereld, esthetiek en politiek, experiment en engagement.
Courtisane is a platform for film and audiovisual arts. Through a yearly festival, film screenings, talks and publications, we research the relations between image and world, aesthetics and politics, experiment and engagement.
In the presence of Wim Janssen
A young boy is taught by his father how to make a wineglass whistle by rubbing ones finger around it's edge. A recording of this action was made on 16mm film, without sound. In Touchtone, the film runs out of the projector, through the space and over two wine glasses. Just like in the image, they start to whistle ...