Blue Screen Level Five

Throwback to Fireplace Cinema on March 20th when I had the pleasure to welcome Elisabeth Povinelli for a screening and conversation around the work of the Karrabing Film Collective. Here a short snippet from my little essay: “Cinema might be the illumination and elucidation of the mere existence of the other within a world haunted by otherness. Gathered around this projected image, attending to this unstable mirage, we become a temporary social body that holds a certain utopia of connection, a potential for a precarious solidarity with the fleeting presence of bodies appearing on screen. In the Karrbing Film Collective’s unique cinematic language, developed over nearly fifteen years now, we become aware how various layers of video shot on simple iPhones can make images think, dream and act all at once. The need for their cinema reaches far beyond representation or even self-representation: it is a means for resistance and struggle, an affirmation of the life lived now, and lived previously by ancestors or in the future by those to whom we are becoming ancestors. It is a desire to live responsibly and in connection with all other living beings.” More soon and thank you to all people who made this possible! #karrabingfilmcollective #elizabethpovinelli #fireplacecinema @levelfivebluescreen @caillou.filmfestivaldefilm @ritcs.research @ritcs.school.of.arts @s_m_o_g_music @emmavanderput @alasdairasmussendoyle @learose_vr @lietjebauwens

This Friday 🔥 Elisabeth Povinelli & Karrabing Film Collective: Fire, Film and Ancestral Dreaming. Date: Friday March 20th, 7pm doors & food, 8pm screening & conversation. Location: SMOG, Avenue Van Volxem 380, 1190 Forest. Entry: free contribution in support of Congolese squatting collective. Food: pay on the spot, prepared with love in support of Congolese squatting collective. Supported by Future Narratives, RITCS School of the Arts We are delighted to welcome you to a special evening of screenings by the Karrabing Film Collective in conversation with founding member and critical theorist Elizabeth Povinelli. Having written on the impasse between liberal systems of law and value, and indigenous worlds in Northern Territory, Australia, Elisabeth Povinelli is a co-founder of the Karrabing Film Collective in 2010 as a means of collective storytelling and territorial assertion. Consisting of over 50 members, the indigenous media group employ film and art installations as a form of grassroots resistance and self-organisation. Meaning ‘low tide’ in the local Emmiyengal language, karrabing refers to a form of collectivity that exists beyond government-imposed strictures of land ownership. The collective emphasise that the films themselves remain secondary to their ongoing struggle for land recognition. In conversation with Povinelli, we consider how filmmaking as a medium and film spectatorship as a mode of encounter, might contribute to politics of territorial resistance and to a refusal of life as prescribed by neo-capitalist norms. If cinema is a technical apparatus brought forward by colonialism and conditioned by extraction, how might it also - haunted by ghosts from the past - reflect the stories of ancestral beings and enduring connections to land? The event is a collaborative initiative by the research project Fireplace Cinema, RITCS Research, Blue Screen Level Five and Caillou Film Festival. #karrabingfilmcollective #elisabethpovinelli #fireplacecinema @levelfivebluescreen @caillou.filmfestivaldefilm @s_m_o_g_music @ritcs.school.of.arts @ritcs.research @emmavanderput @alasdairasmussendoyle @lietjebauwens @learose_vr @gawanfagard

Elisabeth Povinelli & Karrabing Film Collective Fire, Film and Ancestral Dreaming Date: Friday March 20th 7pm doors & food, 8pm screening & conversation Co-organised by Fireplace Cinema, Blue Screen and Caillou Film Festival Location: SMOG, Avenue Van Volxem 380, 1190 Forest Supported by Future Narratives / RITCS school of arts Entry: free. We are delighted to welcome you to a special evening of screenings by the Karrabing Film Collective in conversation with founding member and critical theorist Elizabeth Povinelli. Having written on the impasse between liberal systems of law and value, and indigenous worlds in Northern Territory, Australia, Elisabeth Povinelli is a co-founder of the Karrabing Film Collective in 2010 as a means of collective storytelling and territorial assertion. Consisting of over 50 members, the indigenous media group employ film and art installations as a form of grassroots resistance and self-organisation. Meaning ‘low tide’ in the local Emmiyengal language, karrabing refers to a form of collectivity that exists beyond government-imposed strictures of land ownership. The collective emphasise that the films themselves remain secondary to their ongoing struggle for land recognition. In conversation with Povinelli, we consider how filmmaking as a medium and film spectatorship as a mode of encounter, might contribute to politics of territorial resistance and to a refusal of life as prescribed by neo-capitalist norms. If cinema is a technical apparatus brought forward by colonialism and conditioned by extraction, how might it also—haunted by ghosts from the past—reflect the stories of ancestral beings and enduring connections to land? The event is a collaborative initiative by the research project Fireplace Cinema (ritcs), Level Five Blue Screen and Caillou Film Festival. #karrabingfilmcollective #elisabethpovinelli #fireplacecinema @levelfivebluescreen @caillou.filmfestivaldefilm @s_m_o_g_music @ritcs.school.of.arts @ritcs.research @emmavanderput @alasdairasmussendoyle @lietjebauwens @learose_vr @gawanfagard

@publiekpark is more than only an exhibition - it’s a living ecosystem that connects art with its green environment in a public dialogue. Therefore, we proudly share documentation from the public programmes and our third publication Walking Guide. Walking Guide intertwines essays, archival fragments, and artistic voices to trace both the exhibition route at Plantentuin Meise and the historical journey from the creation of the Jardin Botanique in Brussels to its relocation to Meise. Like a quilt, it layers perspectives, textures, and timelines, linking artistic narratives with reflections on urban gardens, public space, and botanical imaginaries. Featuring texts by Nikolaos Akritidis, Denis Diagre-Vanderpelen, Koen Es, Lana Jones, François Makanga, Noam Youngrak Son, and Jean Watt, alongside photographs by Michiel de Cleene, the book was designed by Victor Verhelst and Corbin Mahieu. Launched on 3.09 at the steps of Botanique, writers François Makanga and Noam Youngrak Son presented their essays, while artist Myrthe van der Mark enriched each copy with drawings. The programme continued on 14.09 with film screenings by Blue Screen (in collaboration with Level Five), a guided walk by Nikolaos Akritidis, and performances by Roy Köhnke and Elise El Yousfi. The closing nocturne on 28.09 at Plantentuin Meise featured a guided tour with the curators and writer Lana Jones, and an experimental film programme by Art Cinema OFFoff, including works by Jef Cornelis and Léonard Pongo. 📖 Walking Guide will soon be available through bookshops and distribution platforms dedicated to art publications. In the meantime, you can reach out to [email protected] to get your copy! Photos by Lars Duchateau, Corbin Mahieu, Victor Verhelst, Emma Van Der Put, Anna Laganovska & William Ludwig Lutgens.

🌱 PUBLIC PROGRAMME - 14.09 - 15:00-21:00 Welcome this Sunday for the second public programme taking place in the Jardin Botanique de Bruxelles. Reflecting on the historical link between Plantentuin Meise and Jardin Botanique de Bruxelles, artists Roy Köhnke and Elise El Yousfi will present performances woven into a guided walk led by writer Nikolaos Akritidis. Following the walk, Blue Screen will present a video programme in the Galerie space of Botanique (icw Level Five), featuring moving-image works by Hsu Che-Yu, Marion Guillard, Jacques Lennep, Alasdair Asmussen Doyle and Emma van der Put . 15:00-18:00 - guided walk and performances 📍 Stairs of Botanique 19:00-21:00 - video programme by Blue Screen 📍 Galerie space of Botanique Thanks to Level Five, Botanique, ARGOS and VGC During the event, our new publication will be available for purchase. The exhibition at Plantentuin Meise remains on view until 28.09, closing with a festive finissage with a video programme by Art Cinema OFFoff and a guided tour. @roykohnke @elise_ely @nakritidis @levelfive.brussels @levelfivebluescreen @hsu__che_yu @marion.guillard_ @argos_arts @alasdairasmussendoyle @emmavanderput NL Welkom deze zondag voor het tweede publieke programma in de Jardin Botanique de Bruxelles. Reflecterend op de historische band tussen Plantentuin Meise en Jardin Botanique de Bruxelles, brengen kunstenaars Roy Köhnke en Elise El Yousfi performances die verweven zijn met een gegidste wandeling onder leiding van schrijver Nikolaos Akritidis. Na de wandeling presenteert Blue Screen een videoprogramma in de Galerie-ruimte van Botanique (ism Level Five), met audiovisuele werken van Hsu Che-Yu, Marion Guillard, Jacques Lennep, Alasdair Asmussen Doyle en Emma van der Put. 15:00-18:00 – gegidste wandeling en performances 📍 Trappen van Botanique 19:00-21:00 – videoprogramma door Blue Screen 📍 Galerie-ruimte van Botanique Met dank aan Level Five, Botanique, ARGOS en VGC Tijdens het evenement is onze nieuwe publicatie verkrijgbaar. De tentoonstelling in Plantentuin Meise blijft lopen tot 28.09 en sluit af met een feestelijke finissage met een videoprogramma door Art Cinema OFFoff en rondleiding.

Surprise, surprise... the new LuCi recs are here! 🛎
If your weekend wasn’t already jam-packed 🏳️‍⚧️🌈, we’ve got some fresh recommendations coming your way. 🐿 This Saturday, Level Five is opening all of its ateliers. To celebrate, the talented Blue Screen team is hosting a free screening featuring works from Level Five residents 🌾. Swing by Rue Gabrielle Petit 6 to see their films, performances and ateliers. 🎥 Also, don’t miss the last Bluish screening at Bozar tomorrow. In Bluish by Lilith Kraxner and Milena Czernovsky, people, stories, and places become interwoven, 🪢 a poem about the ambiguous desires inherent in queerness. The film screens at 14:00 this Saturday in Le 23, Bozar. A few tickets are still available—don’t sleep on it! 🎟 🗺 And if you haven’t seen it yet, there’s still time to catch Sammy Baloji’s L’arbre de l’authenticité at Bozar. This powerful film explores how Belgium’s colonial past has unleashed ecological devastation in Congo—an unmissable and must-see film. 🌌 Finally, there are still some tickets left for the open-air cinema at Beursschouwburg, on the occasion of Kunstenfestivaldesarts. The Falling Sky by Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha and Eryk Rocha is a portrait of Indigenous peoples in Brazil and their fight against deforestation. Go out, watch, talk, listen, be critical, be generous… Love,
LuCi

Nouvelles escapades et conspirations partagées 🪼 retour sur notre soirée au @bodiesinspace.bis avec @ekumen.be , avant de mettre le cap au @edmond.brussels avec @music.onawhim ce mercredi 14.05 🐚 📸 1-3, 5, 7, 9-13, 15 @le.bisous 4, 6, 8, 14, 16-18 fabonthemoon

🦜🎼 29 mars||maart||March 2025 🎺🥁 (FR) Avec l'arrivée du printemps, nous mettons fin à notre trêve hivernale et répondons à l'invitation de Divagation pour vous proposer ensemble une soirée de concerts à la lisière de Bruxelles. Au programme, électronique joueuse de DJ Startup, performance endiablée de Mannered, apparition indie rock de Guess et projection carte blanche proposée par Blue Screen. Beau mais loin ? Pas de panique, c'est accessible en tram (82), gare de Berchem à deux pas. À vite ! (NL) Nu de lente nadert, ontwaakt Ekumen dromerig uit zijn winterslaap en volgt het de uitnodiging van Divagation om een avond te co-cureren aan de rand van de stad. Op het avondmenu: DJ Startup’s speelse elektronica, een nieuwe performance van Mannered, de opkomst van indie-rockband Guess en een carte blanche live-projectie, gecureerd door Blue Screen. Niet vlak om de hoek, maar vlot bereikbaar met tram 82 en niet ver van het treinstation van Sint-Agatha-Berchem. Tot snellekes! (EN) With the arrival of spring, Ekumen wakes from its winter lethargy and answers to the invitation of Divagation, collaborating on an evening of concerts in the outskirts of Brussels. On the menu: DJ Startup's playful electronica, a new performance from Mannered, the summoning of indie pop band Guess and a carte blanche live projection curated by Blue Screen. A bit far but easily reachable by tram (82), train station of Berchem also very close by. See you soon! ✏️🪶 Soft pencil calligraphy @docx.j

💥 𝐀 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎#𝟒 - 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞! (𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐈) 💥 @levelfivebluescreen curated a film program to conclude the exhibition parcours, extending the sense of wandering through various (virtual) environments or mental spaces. The program consists of works that deal in a specific way with constructed environments that place spatiality in relation to time and memory. 1. A still out of 'Fountain of youth' by @thomasswinkels 2. Visitors who are watching the filmprogram at the studio of MILL 3. A still out of 'Landscape Depression' by @janisrafa 4. A still out of '*****Highly recommended' by @graham__kelly 5. A still out of 'The inmost cell' by @evalhoest In addition to the screening programme, the film 'Moi aussi, je regarde' by Ingel Vaikla will be on view online in the GLEAN magazine Screening Room. Available until 30 November 2024. Watch the film by link in bio 📸 Installationview by @zwartpaart #Needcompany #visualarts #artfestival #Brussels #art #Molenbeek #youngartists #exhibithion #performanceartists #installation #curated #EXPLO #exploration #wandering #parcours #gossitsite #screeningprogramme

💥 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎#𝟒 - 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞! (𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐈) 💥 Here's a little peek at the incredible energy, art, and creativity that filled our space at the Gosset-site in Molenbeek. Curated by @emmavanderput and @oscarvanderput 1. '143 Folds' by @dries_segers 2. 'Hologrammen' by @bostokkermans.authentic 3. Extended installation of 'Solastalgia' by @graceellenbarkey 4. 'I serve you nectar' by @shervinsheikhrezaei 5. Installation view of the screening at our studio in MILL. Still out of 'The inmost cell' by @evalhoest . screening was curated by @levelfivebluescreen . 6. 'Parasite, persona, paranoia' by @siebert.mispelon 7. Sound installation 'Fleg' by @adamrussell 8. 'Fort dakota' by @siddankers 9. part of 'On one condition' by @shatha.afify 10. 'Deluge prelude 2' by @koenkloosterhuis 📸 Installation view by @zwartpaart #Needcompany #visualarts #artfestival #Brussels #art #Molenbeek #youngartists #exhibithion #performanceartists #installation #curated #EXPLO #exploration #wandering #parcours #gossitsite

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐩: 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎 #𝟒 - 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 (𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐈𝐈𝐈): The art parcours of EXPLO #4 ends with the most magical room on earth, a room where magic and imagination collide! The studio of NC will be transformed to a cinema with a massive screen with a size of 11 x 4 meters! This film programme is co-curated by @levelfivebluescreen . 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 Graham Kelly is a visual artist and filmmaker. His practice is situated in the interfaces between contemporary forms of images, physical bodies, and environments. By considering these interactions as engulfing and continuous states or effects, his work seeks to expose and dissect power structures that are cast, distorted or enforced within them. 𝐄𝐯𝐚 𝐋’𝐇𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐭 Eva L'Hoest's (@evalhoest ) practice uses digital language as an archaeologist's tool to address questions of origins and memories. Through combinations of sculptures, performances and audiovisual installations, she explores how collective and individual mental images can be reactivated and reanimated in technological forms. 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐚 Janis Rafa (@janisrafa ) lives and works between Amsterdam and Athens. In April 2025, she will present a new body of work as part of her solo exhibition at EMΣT | Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens. In 2023, she had her solo at Eye Filmmuseum and in 2022 her work was part of the 59th La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Cecilia Alemani. Parallel to her art, she is currently developing her second feature, entitled ‘The Future is an Elder Cow’. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐬 Thomas Swinkels (@thomasswinkels ) is a Berlin-based artist from the Netherlands. His practice moves between sculpture, photography, video, and installation. From 2017 to 2019, he was a participant in De Ateliers in Amsterdam and in 2023 he was a resident at Wiels, Brussels. 📅 Save the date: 31/10/2024 18:00 - 22:00 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆! 01/11/2024 14:00 - 18:00 02/11/2024 14:00 - 18:00 📍at MILL #Needcompany #visualarts #artfestival #Brussels #art #Molenbeek #youngartists #exhibithion #performanceartists #installation #curated #EXPLO #exploration

Blue Screen at EXPLO # 4 - a sense of place Opening: 31 October 2024 (18:00 - 22:00) 1 & 2 November (14:00 - 18:00) MILL - Gosset Gabrielle Petitstraat 4, 1080 Molenbeek, Brussel EXPLO # 4 - a sense of place — is a group exhibition organised by @needcompanyarts that explores the Gosset building’s spatiality through various sensory and site specific interventions by thirteen artists. As part of the exhibition, Blue Screen has been invited to curate a special screening program that navigates diverse physical and virtual environments, exploring spatiality through time and memory. This program will be screened on a loop throughout the exhibition and features four films by Janis Rafa, Eva L'Hoest, Graham Kelly and Thomas Swinkels will be played on loop during the exhibition. (Link in bio) As part of Blue Screen’s film program for EXPLO # 4, we are excited to present Ingel Vaikla’s film ‘Moi aussi, je regarde’ (2024), along with an accompanying Q&A on the GLEAN magazine Screening Room, which will be available to view online throughout November. More info soon. 1. Landscape depression (2023) by Janis Rafa 2. The Inmost Cell (2021) by Eva L’Hoest 3. ***** Highly Recommended (2021) by Graham Kelly 4. Fountain of Youth (2019) by Thomas Swinkels 5. Moi aussi, je regarde (2024) by Ingel Vaikla With the support of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (FW-B) and Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF). To stay updated, subscribe to the Blue Screen newsletter (link in bio) #levelfivebluescreen #levelfivebxl