_imovie_ [one]: The agony of silence

Els Opsomer
biography | titles
2003
video | 00:11:58 | col. | sound

Els Opsomer created this video using amateur software iLife. It is a lyrical video letter to her friends, an introspective account of a short visit to Palestine. Pictures which were taken there are widely and deeply explored and edited, with the content of the letter as subtitles. Musing she asks herself questions about the preservation of human integrity in an area where violence is the order of the day, where human dignity is being affected day in, day out on different levels and throughout different generations. “Brutal MEMORY erasing sweetness – Only fragmented thoughts submerge day and night”, she finds, in an attempt to grasp personal integrity and sensibility in the complex rag of reality. The contemplative atmosphere is enhanced by the soundtrack by Stefaan Quix.

_imovie [one]_ the agony of silence

music
stefaan quix

images/camera/editing/sound/production
els opsomer


I would like to thank
for the support:
IETM,Thierry Lewyllie, Ruth, Raf, Jean-Louis Struyf

for the patience, the mental resistance
and innovative initiatives
in unbearable circumstances:
Azza, Drim, Emily, Jack, Omar, Raed, Saed, Samira, members of the Qatar Foundation and many other soulwatchers.

for the company and interesting discussions: Anne Marie, Baudouin, Christine, Herman, Jacques Yves, Nicole, Pieter, Rudolph, and Roel.

_imovie[1]_the agony of silence_playlist

2006 Cycle Auditorium, Mac's Grand Hornu, Mons, Belgium E-flux Video rental, Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium I[mage in] motion, Roeselare, Belgium Time Suspended, KVS, Brussels, Belgium Into the World, Out on the Street, ISELP, Brussels, Belgium Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France ISELP, Brussels, Belgium Ecran d'Art 'Palestine!', Cinema Arenberg, Brussels, Belgium 2005 Time Suspended, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway Time Suspended, Netwerk, Aalst, Belgium Time Suspended, Work in Transit, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Journal #8, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Refractions of the tourist's eye, Three alternative takes for the audio-visual travel Journal, Festival NEUSIS - Primi Racconti Internazionali Dell'Altro Cinema, Urbino, Italy Rencontres Internationales, Paris/Berlin/ Madrid Dutch Open, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2004 Time Suspended, Work in Transit, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Illuminée pour toi/enlighted for you, Archétype Gallery, Brussels, Belgium Duo Track, Argos, Brussels, Belgium Rencontres Internationales, Paris/Berlin/Madrid Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens Vila do Condo, Vila do Condo, Portugal European Media Art Festival (EMAF), Osnaebrück, Germany Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan, United States International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands International Documentary Festival (IDFA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands Montevideo/Time Based Arts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Impakt Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands Argos Carte Blanche @ Café Central, Brussels, Belgium Argosfestival, Brussels, Belgium Limelight, Kortrijk, Belgium COURTisane Festival, Ghent, Belgium OXFAM-Wereldwinkels, Ghent, Belgium 2003 Sonic Square #7 'Into the world', Brussels, Belgium 5th festival des Cinémas Differents de Paris, Carte Blanche Argos, Paris, France Argosfestival, Brussels, Belgium